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This list of Maya sites is an alphabetical listing of a number of significant archaeological sites associated with the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. Map depicting the Maya area within the larger Mesoamerican region.
Archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization — in the Yucatán Peninsula region of Mesoamerica. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
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]
Ancient walls — that served as ‘Google Maps’ for the Mayans — discovered in Mexico ... The walls date to the Classic Mayan period, between 300 and 600 A.D., making them roughly 1,400 years ...
Details include Mayan deities, symbols, and architectural placements. The building is a rare example of a Mayan motif applied to a Prairie School design. It is uncertain why this type of design was chosen, as Mayan symbols do not have any special significance in the Elks community. [2]
Chactún (Maya: Red stone) [1] is the name of an archaeological site of the Mesoamerican Maya civilization in the state of Campeche, Mexico, in the northern part of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. The site of approximately 54 acres (22 ha) is located in the lowlands of the Yucatán Peninsula, between the regions of Rio Bec and Chenes. There are ...
The site covers approximately 120 square kilometres (47 sq mi). [ 1 ] Particular architectural features known as an " E-Group assemblage" indicate the founding date as being earlier than 150 AD (in the Late Preclassic period), and the city probably flourished during the Classic period of Maya civilization ( c. 250 – c. 900 AD).
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