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Jul 1, 2006 · The Chilam Balam books tell us that a contingent from Mayapan, led by Hunac Ceel, finally destroyed Chichen Itza. The earliest known structure at Mayapan was a round platform (Q84) that may have been inspired by round structures first introduced in Yucatan during the Terminal Classic period.

2 flints and obsidian knife from cache in str. Q-84. Cat.# 53-152, 53-151, 53-15.

Download scientific diagram | The earliest round structure in the ceremonial precinct of Mayapan, Q84, now almost completely buried in the Central Plaza. To the left is the Q77 Platform.

The earliest round structure in the ceremonial precinct of Mayapan, Q84, now almost completely buried in the Central Plaza. To the left is the Q77 Platform. On the north side of the plaza is the Temple of the Niches (Q80), and beyond the plaza to the right is the Temple of the Fisherman (Q95) with a modern roof covering the murals (photograph ...

These excavations and recent revision of Yucatan’s archaeological chro- nology prompted us to reassess Mayapan’s role in the history of Postclassic Mesoamerica, focusing on several major questions: The Relacién de Yucatan describes another larger wall that enclosed 60,000 dwellings at Mayapan (Tozzer 1941:24, n. 131).

Mayapan (Màyapáan in Modern Maya; in Spanish Mayapán) is a Pre-Columbian Maya site a couple of kilometers south of the town of Telchaquillo in Municipality of Tecoh, approximately 40 km south-east of Mérida and 100 km west of Chichen Itza; in the state of Yucatán, Mexico.

In many aspects Mayapan mimics the architecture at Chichen Itza, the earlier, great Maya site in central Yucatan. It was a shared capital between the two major cultural groups of the time period, the Xiu and the Cocóm.

Mayapan in 1566 and described it as a cosmopolitan center that housed Mexican warriors and representatives of provincial towns from all across Yucatan (Tozzer 1941:26, 32).

Mayap n is largest Mayan archaeological site dating to the Late Postclassic period (ca. A.D. 1200-1542), the period immediately preceding the Spanish Conquest of the area. According to historical accounts, Mayap n itself was abandoned about a century before the …