Yaxuná
Yaxuná is an important Mayan ruin site in Mexico . It is located on the Yucatán Peninsula in the state of Yucatán , around 18.5 kilometers south-southwest of Chichén Itzá . Yaxuná is known as the western end point of the Sacbé, which leads about 100 km to Cobá .
Yaxuná was a medium-sized Mayan city that covers an area of one and a half square kilometers with over 650 building remains. It was mainly settled in the late and end classical period, although the beginnings go back much further. Since 1986, several field campaigns have been carried out, first by David Freidel and later by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia . Several buildings have been excavated and partially reconstructed in the center.
During the Early Classical period , a king of Yaxuná was beheaded and buried with his entourage in pyramid 6F-4 of the North Acropolis . The victorious successor erected a stele showing him with traditional costumes reminiscent of central Mexico. Later, after the site was conquered again, this stele was desecrated and buried behind the building. These rituals, which can also be proven in other Mayan cities, show the symbolic meaning of buildings and monuments.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Selz Foundation Yaxuná Archeology Project website ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Southern Methodist University, hosted by California State University, Hayward
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Coordinates: 20 ° 32 ′ 31 ″ N , 88 ° 39 ′ 48 ″ W.