Stock Photo - Chac-Mool is the name given to a type of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone statue The Chac-Mool depicts a human figure in a position of reclining with the head up and turned to one side, holding a tray over the stomach The meaning of the position or the statue itself remains unknown Chac-Mool statues are found in or around temples in Toltec and other post-Classic central Mexican sites, and in post-Classic Maya civilization sites with heavy Toltec influence, such as Chichen Itza The ancient name for these type of sculptures is unknown The name Chac-Mool is attributed to Augustus Le Plongeon, who excavated one of the statues at Chichen Itza in 1875 Le Plongeon named it Chaacmol, which he translated from the Maya as ´thundering paw ´