Shigarwa: Chichen Itza ya shiga cikin tunanin mutane a 1843 tare da littafin Incidents of Travel in Yucatan na John Lloyd Stephens (tare da zane-zane na Frederick Catherwood). Littafin ya ba da labarin ziyarar Stephens zuwa Yucatán da yawon shakatawa na biranen Maya, ciki har da Chichén Itzá. Littafin ya haifar da wasu bincike na birnin. A 1860, Désiré Charnay ya bincika Chichén Itzá kuma ya ɗauki hotuna da yawa da ya buga a Cités et ruines américaines (1863). Tambaya: Menene sakamakon littafin?
ya sa wasu bincike na birnin