Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán
Late Classic to Postclassic (700–1300 CE) Puuc mixed; column rows classic 550 CE core·Maya Northern Lowland Column-tradition (Aké concentric column rows, 36 columns)·🇲🇽 Yucatán, municipality Aké, near Tixkokob, north Yucatán plain, henequen zone, Mexico
About
About Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán
Aké excavated by Roys & Shook, 32 km sacbe to Izamal ancient white road. Recorded context — Period: Late Classic to Postclassic (700–1300 CE) Puuc mixed; column rows classic 550 CE core; Culture: Maya Northern Lowland Column-tradition (Aké concentric column rows, 36 columns); Field status: excavated; Materials: limestone column, rubble pyramid fill; Condition: preserved.
Why it mattersKey Maya Northern Lowland Column-tradition (Aké concentric column rows, 36 columns) pyramid with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
- 02Defensive stronghold
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 700 CE
- Period
- Late Classic to Postclassic (700–1300 CE) Puuc mixed; column rows classic 550 CE core
- Culture
- Maya Northern Lowland Column-tradition (Aké concentric column rows, 36 columns)
- Purpose
- Step pyramid (32 m × 30 m × 10 m high) with 36-column hall on top and roof comb — Aké 800-hectare gridded city with column crowd
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1887
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1200 BCE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán
1920 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán
On the ground
Structures & features
20.9420° N · 89.3010° W · 15 m · 3 mapped features
- Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán — Principal Pyramidpyramidpyramid at Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán — outlier feature20.9421° N · 89.3012° W
- Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán — Chamber Annex 2chamberchamber at Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán — outlier feature20.9403° N · 89.3014° W
- Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán — Southern Causewaycausewaycauseway at Aké — Column Pyramid with Roof Comb Yucatán — hydraulic feature20.9428° N · 89.3015° W
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