Uaxactún Group H South
Uaxactún South H
Middle–Late Preclassic 400 BCE–200 CE·Maya (Preclassic Uaxactún)·🇬🇹 Petén, Uaxactún, Guatemala
About
About Uaxactún Group H South
Second E-Group observatory of Uaxactún (400 BCE–200 CE) 800 m south of famous Group E: triadic platform 8 m, twin eastern stela-altars, causeway 600 m linking Groups E and H, earlier than Tikal's Mundo Perdido. Milan Kováč Slovak mission discovered buried Códice-style mural in palace. Demonstrates dual-observatory city — two calendar centers competing or successive, early solar-lunar horizon modeling.
Why it mattersOnly Maya city with two functional E-Groups; proves experimental horizon astronomy before Tikal.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why build second E-Group 800 m south
- 02Mural palace pre-Classic writing
Theories
- 01Competing lineage each needs solar observatory
- 02Second group after Group E calibration error
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.400 BCE–200 CE
- Period
- Middle–Late Preclassic 400 BCE–200 CE
- Culture
- Maya (Preclassic Uaxactún)
- Builders
- Maya
- Purpose
- E-Group solar observatory and palace ceremonial center
- Abandoned
- c.900 CE (Classic collapse)
- Rediscovered
- 1916 Sylvanus Morley; Carnegie 1931–37; Kováč 2009–
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
400 BCE
First E-Group platform
2009
Kováč mural discovery Group H
On the ground
Structures & features
17.3861° N · 89.6331° W · 285 m · 2 mapped features
Group H South E-Group
observatory8 m western platform with two eastern altars for solstice sighting
17.3865° N · 89.6330° WMural Palace
palaceResidence with preserved Preclassic codex mural
17.3855° N · 89.6335° W
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