court . ▁ ▁Str ucture ▁B 1 - 8 ▁is ▁a ▁circular ▁platform ▁d ating ▁to ▁the ▁Late ▁Classic ▁period . ▁ ▁S cul pt ure ▁ ▁S cul pt ure ▁at ▁the ▁site ▁dates ▁as ▁far ▁back ▁as ▁the ▁Pre class ic ▁period . ▁Two ▁Terminal ▁Classic ▁to ▁Early ▁Post class ic ▁ch ac m ool ▁sculpt ures ▁were ▁recovered ▁from ▁T az um al , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁j agu ar ▁eff ig y ▁sculpt ure ▁and ▁an ▁anth rop omorphic ▁sculpt ure ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁central ▁Mexican ▁de ity ▁X ipe ▁Tot ec . ▁These ▁arte fact s ▁are ▁sty list ically ▁similar ▁to ▁arte fact s ▁from ▁central ▁Mexico ▁and ▁the ▁northern ▁Y uc at án ▁Pen ins ula . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁cru de ▁ch ac m ool ▁sculpt ures ▁is ▁hous ed ▁in ▁the ▁Museo ▁Nacional ▁de ▁Ant rop ología ▁in ▁San ▁Salvador ; ▁the ▁other ▁is ▁in ▁private ▁ownership . ▁ ▁Metal ▁artifact s ▁Three ▁gold ▁orn aments ▁have ▁been ▁exc av ated ▁from ▁T az um al . ▁They ▁were ▁created ▁using ▁the ▁lost ▁w ax ▁method ▁and ▁have ▁been ▁tent atively ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁ 8 th ▁century ▁AD ; ▁their ▁presence ▁indicates ▁contacts ▁with ▁lower ▁Central ▁America . ▁These , ▁together ▁with ▁some ▁contemporary ▁metal ▁arte fact s ▁from ▁Cop án , ▁are ▁among ▁the ▁earliest ▁reported ▁metal ▁arte fact s ▁from ▁Mes o amer ica . ▁These ▁items ▁were ▁recovered ▁from ▁a ▁Late ▁Classic ▁tomb ▁and ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁item