San Claudio (Tabasco)
San Claudio is a Maya archaeological site in what is now the Mexican state of Tabasco . It is named after a nearby circular lagoon lake.
location
The ruins called San Claudio cover an area of approx. 70 hectares and are located approx. 25 km southeast of the small town of Tenosique near the border with Guatemala at an altitude of approx. 150 m above sea level. d. M. The Maya site of Pomoná is about 35 km to the northwest.
history
During the excavations carried out in 1997, ceramic fragments were discovered that were in the 1st / 2nd To be dated to the 5th century AD. The buildings of the ruins are, however - although not a single stele and no long count date have been found - ascribed to the Mayan Late Classical period (approx. 600 to 900).
Archaeological zone
The zone, divided into 5 groups, comprises 94 individual stone structures - including a pyramid with a maximum height of approx. 18 m, two structures standing on a common platform with a height of approx. 5 to 6 m ( Estructura 12 ), which together are known as the "observatory" and a ball court . Most structures, however, are only around 2 to 3 m high and can be interpreted as substructures of only slightly raised residential buildings ( palacios ).
Bone finds
So far 35 skeleton finds have been discovered in the ruins, all of which had a slight northeast orientation.
See also
Web links
- San Claudio - Photos + Info (Spanish)
- San Claudio - Infos (spanish)
Coordinates: 17 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ N , 91 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ W.