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[3] [6] The researchers plan further fieldwork, [6] describing the ruins as "hidden in plain sight" only a 15-minute walk from Federal Highway 186 near Xpujil and cultivated farmland. [4] [5] The researchers named the site "Valeriana", after a nearby lake named Laguna la Valeriana. [2]
The peoples and cultures which comprised the Maya civilization spanned more than 2,500 years of Mesoamerican history, in the Maya Region of southern Mesoamerica, which incorporates the present-day nations of Guatemala and Belize, much of Honduras and El Salvador, and the southeastern states of Mexico from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec eastwards, including the entire Yucatán Peninsula.
Mitla is the second-most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture. [1] [2] The site is located 44 km from the city of Oaxaca, [3] in the upper end of the Tlacolula Valley, one of the three cold, high valleys that form the Central Valleys Region of the state. [4]
It is likely that this coup was backed by Calakmul, in order to weaken a powerful ally of Tikal. [60] Palenque and Yaxchilan were the most powerful cities in the Usumacinta region. [50] In the highlands, Kaminaljuyu in the Valley of Guatemala was already a sprawling city by 300. [61] In the north of the Maya area, Coba was the most important ...
Ruins Cueva de la Olla: Mogollon culture: Cuarenta Casas Ruins. Cueva Grande: Mogollon culture: Cuarenta Casas Ruins Cueva de las Jarillas: Mogollon culture: Cuarenta Casas Ruins Huápoca: Mogollon culture: Ciudad Madera: Ruins House of the Macaws: Mogollon culture: Janos: Ruins located at Casas Grandes that is part of a World Heritage Site ...
Below is a list of archaeological sites in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. The Olmec heartland. The yellow dots represent ancient habitation sites, while the red dots represent isolated artifact finds unassociated with any ancient town or village. Classic Era sites in western Mesoamerica. El Tajín; La Conchita; Santa Luisa; El Manatí
The community was abandoned approximately in 1450 AD. Casas Grandes is regarded as one of the most significant Mogollon archaeological zones in the northwestern Mexico region, [2] linking it to other sites in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and demonstrating the extent of the Mogollon sphere of influence.
A panorama of the Mayapan excavations from the top of the Castle of King Kukulcan. The ethnohistorical sources – such as Diego de Landa's Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan, compiled from native sources in the 16th century – recount that the site was founded by Kukulcan (the Mayan name of Quetzalcoatl, the Toltec king, culture hero, and demigod) after the fall of Chichen Itza.