Nocuchich
Nocuchich is a small Maya site in Mexico , it is located on the Yucatán peninsula in the state of Campeche , about 8 kilometers east of the small town of Hopelchen and is part of the Chenes- style region. The first report and photographs are from Teobert Maler from 1889.
In addition to some badly crumbling buildings, there are two unique monuments at the site. Both are pillar-like constructions. The first, almost 7 meters high, had an oversized face in the middle in modeled stucco with remnants of red paint. The North American archaeologist Harry ED Pollock found and documented this monument in 1936 in almost the same condition as painter. Allegedly, perhaps out of superstitious motives, the monument was destroyed in the 1970s. This was evidently all the more easily possible as the picture pillar had already leaned backwards in ancient times, which is why a supporting wall core was added. The filigree tower, 9 meters high, has remained almost unchanged and has no figurative elements (even if they must have been made of stucco on the upper part, as is proven by the numerous stone pegs that served to hold it in place). In its construction, the tower is very similar to a roof ridge. This applies in particular to the window-like openings arranged in multiple levels.
Individual evidence
- ^ Teobert painter : Península Yucatán . Ed. Hanns J. Prem . Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-7861-1755-1 . Pp. 188-190.
- ↑ Harry ED Pollock : Architectural notes on some Chenes ruins . Papers of the Peabody Museums of Archeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, vol. 61, part 1. Cambridge, MA. 1970.
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Coordinates: 19 ° 43 ′ 37 ″ N , 89 ° 46 ′ 12 ″ W.