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Calakmul
Date Added: 16th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Calakmul submitted by davidmorgan on 10th Feb 2009. Structure II - the main pyramid. This structure is colossal, there's another tier above what you can see here. Best seen from the air.
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Log Text: With the ongoing work there seems to be a lot more to see then when I was there. The site will surely hold many more surprises.
Balamkú
Date Added: 16th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Balamkú submitted by davidmorgan on 9th Feb 2009. The ornate jaguar motif.
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Hormiguero
Date Added: 17th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hormiguero submitted by davidmorgan on 5th Feb 2009. Structure II - a nice fusion of Chenes and Rio Bec styles here.
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Log Text: The road is very potholed indeed. This short stretch took just as much time as the long long road to Calakmul!
Chicanná
Date Added: 18th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Chicanná submitted by davidmorgan on 3rd Feb 2009. Structure XX - this is the highest building at Chicanná, its layout is almost quadrangular, composed of two levels and oriented towards the cardinal points. The lower section has eleven rooms and the upper part four. The principal facade is on the south side.
The facade of the upper temple preserves the remains of the typical motif of the Chenes region: a complete, gigantic, zoomorphic mask. In each of the corners there are columns of masks of the "prominent nose" god which guards the mout...
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Log Text: Just of the main road, can and should not be missed if in the area.
Becan
Date Added: 18th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Becan submitted by SolarMegalith on 24th Aug 2008. Becan - two visible towers are perfect examples of Rio Bec style (you can see similar ones in Xpujil ruins).
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Xpuhil
Date Added: 18th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Xpuhil submitted by davidmorgan on 9th Feb 2009. Structure I - also known as the Building of the Three Towers. It constitutes an atypical example of the Rio Bec style due to the presence of the third, or central, tower. It has a maximum height of 18m and its centre line runs more than 53m along a perfect north-south alignment.
From the site information board. (It looks a few degrees off on Google Earth).
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Hochob
Date Added: 20th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hochob submitted by davidmorgan on 9th Apr 2007. Carved facade representing the sacred monster or "Itzamná" at Hochob.
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Dzibilnocac
Date Added: 20th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dzibilnocac submitted by davidmorgan on 29th Mar 2011. The Temple/Palace structure at Dzibilnocac.
Composite of two photos.
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Museo Regional de Campeche
Date Added: 17th Nov 2013
Site Type: Museum
Country: Mexico
Visited: Yes on 24th Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Museo Regional de Campeche submitted by john_op_stap on 17th Nov 2013. Campeche - Fuerte de San Miguel - 24/07/04 Jade Mask, from Calakmul (?)
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Museo de la Arquitectura Maya
Date Added: 17th Nov 2013
Site Type: Museum
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Museo de la Arquitectura Maya submitted by john_op_stap on 17th Nov 2013. Campeche - Museo Stelae Maya - 23/07/04 Stela
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Edzna
Date Added: 17th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Campeche)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Edzna submitted by davidmorgan on 9th Apr 2007. The Great Acropolis and the Pyramid of the Five Storeys viewed from the plaza at Edzna.
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La Florida
Date Added: 4th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
La Florida submitted by john_op_stap on 4th Nov 2013. La Florida 18/04/04 La Florida, inside house
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Nakbe
Date Added: 17th Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 17th Apr 2004
Nakbe submitted by john_op_stap on 17th Oct 2013. Nakbe - 17/04/04 Site in Guatemala
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Log Text: It was awesome!
El Mirador
Date Added: 18th Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
El Mirador submitted by Creative Commons on 5th Jul 2011. El Mirador temple.
Creative Commons image by Geoff Gallice
Original here
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Log Text: It seems more work has been done since I was there. Worth the two day walk getting there though. Hope they can keep excavating, and finally find the evidence that , imho, at one point Maya and Olmec shared one general culture and were not distinct populations...
Holtun
Date Added: 13th Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 12th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Holtun submitted by john_op_stap on 13th Oct 2013. Unexcavated small pyramid, looters trench
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Log Text: very small site, few not very tall structures, looted. A local inhabitant walked us there, a 5 minute walk from the main road. One looters tunnel grants you access to see some monochrome painted stucco, which indicates the site was already established in Pre-Classical time. Mind you, you'll have to go belly in through the bat dung covering the floor...
Yaxha
Date Added: 25th Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Yaxha submitted by SolarMegalith on 14th Oct 2010. Yaxha - temple 216, one of the best preserved constructions in this ceremonial centre (photo taken on March 2005).
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Log Text: The site is so fantastic to visit due to the presence of the lake and the pristine forest around. We saw many more animals then at eg Tikal. It must have been quite an important place, given that like Tikal certain structures are in Teotihuacan style, which would suppose a permanent trade agency or an ambassador to that Mexican culture resided here.
Quirigua
Date Added: 6th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
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Log Text: Stunning carvings on the stelae!
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Guatemala City)
Date Added: 17th Nov 2013
Site Type: Museum
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (Guatemala City) submitted by john_op_stap on 17th Nov 2013. Guatemala Ciudad - Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - 04/04/04 Late Classic vessel depicting one of my favorites, an Ancestor to Batman, el Dios Murcielago or the Bat God!
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Tecumanchu
Date Added: 10th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 3
Tecumanchu submitted by john_op_stap on 6th Nov 2013. Tecumanchu - Todos Santos Cuchumatan 13/03/04 Tecumanchu
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Zaculeu
Date Added: 11th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Guatemala
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Zaculeu submitted by john_op_stap on 10th Nov 2013. Zaculeu 12/03/04 Zaculeu
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