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The structure is dated to around AD 906, the Post Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology, by the stele on the Upper Platform. [1]It is suggested that the El Caracol was an ancient Mayan observatory building and provided a way for the Mayan people to observe changes in the sky due to the flattened landscape of the Yucatán with no natural markers for this function around Chichen Itza. [2]
Caracol is a large ancient Maya archaeological site, located in what is now the Cayo District of Belize.It is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Xunantunich, and the town of San Ignacio, and 15 km (9.3 mi) from the Macal River.
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El Caracol ("The Snail") is located to the north of Las Monjas. It is a round building on a large square platform. It is a round building on a large square platform. It gets its name from the stone spiral staircase inside.
This is a list of rulers of Caracol, a city-state of the Maya Lowlands during the Classic period.The exact number of rulers of Caracol is not known. As of 2008, fourteen of the city-state's lords have been identified, representing a dynastic succession spanning the 4th through 9th centuries AD.
El Caracol, Chichen Itza, a notable structure/observatory at the Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza, northern Yucatán, Mexico; El Caracol, Ecatepec, a solar evaporation formation just outside Mexico City; El Caracol, Michoacán, a village in the municipality of Hidalgo, Michoacán state, Mexico
El Caracol Solar Evaporation Pond (Spanish: Deposito de Evaporación Solar "El Caracol"), also known as El Caracol de Texcoco or "El Caracol de la Ciudad de México, is a large spiral-shaped retention basin located over the former lakebed of Lake Texcoco, northeast of Mexico City, in the municipio of Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico.
El Caracol is a small village in the mountains of the Mexican state of Michoacán, in the municipality of Hidalgo. It is located off the State route of Mexico-Morelia-Guadalajara, about 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Mil Cumbres at an elevation of 2896 m (9501 ft) above mean sea level. Seasonal temperatures vary from 40–79 °F (4–26 °C) July to ...