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Every place in the atlas labelled rio becs.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Rio Bec 550–830 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Rio Bec Group R-16 forest palace east of Becán-Xpujil road: twin non-functional stair towers flanking tripartite temple, interior vaults bear ochre red handprints giving modern name.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Rio Bec 600–850 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Eponymously named ‘Peor Es Nada’ (Worse Is Nothing) by chicleros, located 12 km SE of Xpujil deep in forest.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Rio Bec 550–800 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Mid-size Rio Bec forest palace 7 km S of Okolhuitz on Becán–Hormiguero track. Structure II combines Chenes monster mask lower register with Rio Bec twin towers upper, indicating stylistic hybridity.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Rio Bec 600–900 CE · Maya (Rio Bec)
Group B 500 m south of Xpujil’s iconic Structure I (three-temple pyramid): twin-tower Structure II 9 m high with Rio Bec false stairs, courtyard and vaulted residential palace.
