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Yaxchilan (pronounced [ʝaʃtʃiˈlan]) is an ancient Maya city located on the bank of the Usumacinta River in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. In the Late Classic Period Yaxchilan was one of the most powerful Maya states along the course of the Usumacinta River , with Piedras Negras as its major rival. [ 1 ]
Bonampak. Bonampak (known anciently as Ak'e or, in its immediate area as Usiij Witz, 'Vulture Hill') [1] is an ancient Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Chiapas.The site is approximately 30 km (19 mi) south of the larger site of the people Yaxchilan, under which Bonampak was a dependency, and the border with Guatemala.
A view of the archaeological site Yaxchilan in Chiapas state on Saturday, July 9, 2022. ... Mayan descendants blocked roads leading to the Mayan ruins of Chichén Itzá for more than five ...
Yaxchilan was a large center, important throughout the Classic era, and the dominant power of the Usumacinta River area. It dominated such smaller sites as Bonampak. [34] The site is particularly known for its well-preserved sculptured stone lintels set above the doorways of the main structures. [35] Yaxha (Yaxha) Petén Department, Guatemala
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 capital. [62]
The Maya Bridge at Yaxchilan was a suspension bridge believed to have been built by the Maya across the Usumacinta River, Chiapas, Mexico. If so, it would have been the longest bridge discovered in the ancient world, [ 1 ] dating from its construction by the Maya civilization in the late 7th century at Yaxchilan .
It had an alliance with Yaxchilan, in what is now Chiapas state, Mexico, some 40 km up the Usumacinta River. Ceramics show the site was occupied from the mid-7th century BC to 850 AD . Its most impressive period of sculpture and architecture dated from about 608 through 810 , although there is some evidence that Piedras Negras was already a ...
Map of the Maya region showing locations of some of the principal cities. Click to enlarge. Until the 1960s, scholarly opinion was that the ruins of Maya centres were not true cities but were rather empty ceremonial centres where the priesthood performed religious rituals for the peasant farmers, who lived dispersed in the middle of the jungle. [11]