Plan de Ayutla
The small archaeological zone Plan de Ayutla , located near the village of the same name in the municipality of Ocosingo in the Mexican state of Chiapas , only became known at the beginning of the 1970s. It lies on the peaks of several conical karst hills and the flat terrain in between. The place of discovery was assumed to be the place known from inscriptions in other places Sak Tz'i ' , which was involved in armed conflicts with Toniná and Yaxchilán and is said to have led to the conquest in 787. An archaeological excavation under the direction of Charles Golden of Brandeis University, however, locates the historical center by name elsewhere in the same municipality.
Notable in the so-called Nordakropolis a tower-like building with getrepptem decorative stone mosaic, two around 8 m high interiors with Maya - corbelled and still well-preserved stucco cladding contains. This building rests on a platform that is surrounded on several sides by a lower row of rooms. Next to the tower there is an angled palace, strongly reminiscent of Palenque , with inner stairs to a higher level with additional components. At this level there are also three temples in a row in the Palenque style with a central interior chamber and two side rooms each.
In the flat part of the ruins there is a large ball playground and several buildings, which have only been partially explored. The construction technology is characterized by the use of locally adjacent plate-shaped stones that did not require any major processing.
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- ↑ Nadja Podbregar: Archaeologists discover a long-sought Maya kingdom. Pyramids ruins, ball court and inscriptions mark the capital of Sak Tzi. on scinexx.de, March 24, 2020.
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Coordinates: 16 ° 47 ′ 6 " N , 91 ° 16 ′ 48" W.