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8 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom; Maya
Aké — Pyramid North Stair (Yucatán, Maya) in Yucatán, Aké, Mexico is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom / Middle Kin…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
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)
Aké excavated by Roys & Shook, 32 km sacbe to Izamal ancient white road.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban; Maya
Uxmal — Nunnery Quadrangle North Building Mosaic Patio (Yucatán) in Yucatán, Uxmal, Mexico is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attr…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Early Classic (300–600 CE Early Classic stucco masks 6 m high) superimposed on Late Preclassic · Maya Early Classic Petén-style stucco masked ancestor Tikal influence
Acanceh excavated by Pollock 1980s, giant masks uncovered 1900s.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Terminal Classic to Early Postclassic (Maya-Toltec) · Maya (Itzá) / Toltec-influenced
Stepped pyramid-temple at Chichén Itzá with 365 steps representing solar year; equinox feathered-serpent shadow (Kukulkán) descends balustrade.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Puuc (700–900 CE) + cave use 200 CE · Maya Puuc (Uxmal sphere) and cave paint Chac cult
Chacmultún excavated by Thompson and Andrews, cave rain cult.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Preclassic to Postclassic (500 BCE–1500 CE) Seven Dolls 700 CE · Maya Northern Lowland (Dzibilchaltún 8300 structures)
Dzibilchaltún excavated by Andrews 1956–, equinox light through temple doors 21 March/Sept, 8300 structures 19 km².
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Preclassic to Early Postclassic (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Maya — Oxkintok sphere, Puuc
Northwestern-most major Puuc site near Maxcanú, 6 km southeast of town, conspicuous for Satunsat labyrinth — vaulted maze with 3 floors and astronomical ducts linking to equinox sun, and triadic…
