Named by indigenous people in Tzeltal, TONINÁ means the House of Stone, Metaphorically, the name refers to the home of celestial lights and deities of time; Toniná was a site of calendars and rituals.
Iconography of this site is representative of two eras, which are clearly identified by references to particular divinities: the first and oldest period, from 300 to 700 AD; was responsable for portrayals of birds belonging to the underworld and was governed by deceased and flayed suns. The second epoch, from 700 to 900 AD, is marked by celestial lights and felines, as well as the morning and evening stars.
In the height of its glory, around 900 AD; Toniná's piramidal structure was composed of seven plarforms and was crownes by thirteen temples; a central strairway, leading to the Temple of Smoking Mirror, reaches a total of 260 steps.
In the Eastern palaces, heads of farming tribes led labor efforts, which took place in the four directions of the land and during the year's four seasons.
Palaces inhabilited by Toninás dynastic families including military heads, architects, priests and astronomers constructed in the eastern portion of the acropolis. This are was lavishly decorated, in contrast and Warriors lived in austere (wailings). From de four temples of the seventh platform, priests and nobles managed the four regions of the sky. fought battles against darkness and maintained order regarding celestial fenomena.
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