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Uxmal (Yucatec Maya: Óoxmáal [óˑʃmáˑl]) is an ancient Maya city of the classical period located in present-day Mexico. It is considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Maya culture, along with Palenque , Chichen Itza and Calakmul in Mexico, Caracol and Xunantunich in Belize , and Tikal in Guatemala .
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A template to display basic information about an archaeological culture at a glance Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Culture name name The name of the archaeological culture described in this page Default {{subst:PAGENAME}} String required Image name map Map showing the geographical extent of the culture. If no map is available, could be replaced with ...
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Uxmal: Yucatán, Mexico: Uxmal was an important capital in the western Yucatán region, demonstrating architecture in the Puuc Maya style. The site reached its apogee in the Late to Terminal Classic from about AD 800–1000 and appears to have declined at the beginning of the Postclassic Period, although the exact length of occupation of the ...
Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal: Yucatán: 1996 791; i, ii, iii (cultural) The Maya city of Uxmal and nearby sites Kabah, Labna, and Sayil represent the high points of late Mayan art and architecture. Uxmal was founded in c. 700 CE and rose to an important regional centre with more than 20,000 inhabitants. It was abandoned after the 10th century.
Photography: To produce a record of archaeological sites, buildings, artifacts and landscapes. Archaeological photographers will uses a range of different formats particularly black-and-white and colour slide. [2] Digital photography is now starting to become more widely used and is especially useful for the recording of historic building.
Archaeological plan can either take the form of a "multi context" plan, which is drawn with many contexts on it to show relationships between these features as part of some phase, or; alternatively a single context plan with a single feature is drawn .