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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Early Classic · Maya (Northwest Yucatan)
Grided Classic metropolis (350–650 CE) on NW Yucatan desert — 79 quadrangles, 30k at 300/km² without cenote.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Preclassic to Late Classic 400 BCE–900 CE, peak 600–850 CE · Maya (Comitán Lakes, Late Classic Lacandon fringe)
Lake city on Lagartero chain of karst lakes at Chiapas-Guatemala border: temples and ballcourt on islets linked by stone causeway 300 m to lakeshore palace, with hundreds of incensarios (Lakamulpán…
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Early-Late Classic 600–650 CE, Holmul dynasty Teotihuacan influence · Maya (Holmul)
Vaulted mural building 1 km west of Holmul Group I containing 7 m-long polychrome mural c.600 CE depicting 8 royal figures with Teotihuacan-linked toponyms and Holmul-Tikal dynastic conflict.
