Xkipché
Xkipché is a small town mainly from the late classical Maya culture in the Mexican state of Yucatán 9 km southwest of Uxmal . It is part of the cultural manifestation of the Puuc .
Research history
The first description comes from Teobert Maler , who stayed there for a few hours in 1893 and took a photograph of the palace . The site was only rediscovered from the air by Mexican archaeologists in 1986 and was first reached again by land in 1989. Between 1991 and 2004 archaeological excavations and a settlement survey were carried out in Xkipché by the University of Bonn , under the direction of Hanns J. Prem . The site is not open to the public and is not kept free from vegetation.
buildings
The central building of Xkipché is the two-storey building, referred to by Maler as a “palace”, which has a very complex architectural history, ranging from parts from the earliest phases of the Early Puuc Style (from 670) to a not yet sufficiently understood, immediate forerunner the pillar style (from 770) is enough. A major expansion of the building was probably started at the time of the late Uxmal style (from 900), but it could not be completed.
In addition to the “palace”, several buildings were uncovered in its vicinity, as well as residential and C-shaped buildings in other parts of the settlement.
See also
literature
- Markus Reindel: Xkipché, a Mayan settlement in northern Yucatán, Mexico . In: Contributions to general and comparative archeology, Vol. 17 (1997), pp. 177–250.
- Hanns J. Prem: Xkipché: I. El asentamiento . Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico City 2003, ISBN 970-35-0049-8 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Teobert painter: Península Yucatán . Gebrüder Berlin Verlag, Berlin 1997. ISBN 3-7861-1755-1 . P. 238.
Coordinates: 20 ° 17 ′ 55 " N , 89 ° 49 ′ 34" W.