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🇲🇽 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.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic to Early Postclassic Maya (700–950 CE, Rio Bec–Chenes) · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenes, Calakmul influence)
Iconic Rio Bec city with Structure I (7th–10th c.) unique three-tower pyramid: three stacked temples atop low platform 54×19 m, 5 m high, each with false stairways and Chenes masks — central tower…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Maya Late Classic, c.550–830 CE · Maya (Río Bec)
Iconic three-tower pyramid Structure I at Xpujil (c.550–830 CE, Late Classic Río Bec). Triple pyramid with three non-functional towers along 54 m facade, central stair leads to temple with Chenes…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Chactún (Maya: Red stone) is the name of an archaeological site of the Mesoamerican Maya civilization in the state of Campeche, Mexico, in the northern part of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.600-830 CE (Río Bec–Chenés, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec–Chenés)
Chicanná (House of Serpent Mouth, Bec Valley, Campeche) Structure II: 4-crown Río Bec pyramid (12 m high) with steep false stair, twin pseudo-temples and central monster-mouth portal (Chenés witz…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-830 CE (Río Bec–Chenés, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Becan (Békan) 1.7 km moat-and-earthwork-walled city (Campeche): 25 ha nucleated center unlike dispersed Río Bec — Structure VIII 32 m high Río Bec pyramid with twin solid towers flanking central…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Rock art
Classic (c.250–800 CE) Maya Petén – Río Bec fringe · Maya (Petén – Río Bec transitional)
El Resbalón ('the slide') is a hilltop Maya city and open-air epigraphic cliff 35 km SW of Xpujil in the Calakmul Biosphere south at 250 m.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Jaina Island is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site and artificial island in the present-day Mexican state of Campeche.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Preclassic – Terminal Classic (c.300 BCE–950 CE) Río Bec – Chenes transition · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes–Peten fringe)
Pol Box is a jungle pyramid town on the karst plateau 48 km south-southwest of Xpujil in the Calakmul Biosphere fringe, Campeche, at 260 m.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic · Maya
Massive Late Classic Maya pyramid Structure II at Calakmul (c.600 CE) 55 m high base 120×100 m, twin temples, burial of Yuknom Yich'aak K'ak.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Late Classic (Río Bec) · Maya (Río Bec–Chenes)
Classic Río Bec palatial city (c.550–900 CE) at Becán-Chicanná dispersed urban nebula, with Structure II jaguar monster-mouth zoomorphic mascarón doorway (12 m high 18 m wide — bes...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (550–800 CE peak Calakmul Snake Kingdom, Kaan polity) · Maya (Classic, Calakmul/Kaan dynasty, Snake Head emblem)
Northern pyramid at Calakmul Snake Kingdom capital (500 BCE–900 CE): Structure I 40 m high (second highest at site after Structure II 55 m) at north edge of Great Plaza, 70×50 m base with stairway…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Classic, Kaan dynasty) · Maya (Kaan / Snake Kingdom)
Calakmul Structure I (East Acropolis) inside Calakmul Biosphere: 45 m high pyramid (base 120×80 m) with acropolis palace summit, among largest Mundo Maya (comparable to Tikal Temple IV).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic (550–850 CE) · Maya — Chenes/Rio Bec transitional
Transitional site noted by Nondédéo between Chenes Santa Rosa Xtampak sphere and Rio Bec core, its main structure shows Chenes stone mosaic masks on north façade and Rio Bec plain tower fragments on…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (Chenés) · Maya (Chenés / Río Bec)
Chenés monster-mouth pyramid Structure II at Hormiguero — 12 m stepped pyramid with 6 m Witz doorway c.600–850 CE.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.500-800 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Xpujil Structure I: 19 m high Río Bec pyramid with three solid towers each bearing false temple with Chenés mask, atop unified base with 12 doorways leading to 12 rooms on two levels.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.600-800 CE (Chenés–Río Bec transitional) · Maya (Chenés–Río Bec)
Hormiguero Structure II: 45 m long palatial pyramid (8 m high) with central monster-mouth portal identical to Chicanná Structure II but more elaborate Chenés masks (up to 2.5 m nose) plus Río Bec…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (600–830 CE, Chenes-Rio Bec style peak 700–800 CE) · Maya (Chenes–Rio Bec, Calakmul polity sphere)
Hillside Chenes-Rio Bec city (600–830 CE) core seven buildings in Main Plaza: Structure II is flamboyant Chenes pyramid-temple 20 m high with zoomorphic monster mouth doorway (Itzamna) opening…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (600–850 CE, Rio Bec style full fluorescence) · Maya (Rio Bec, Apogee of Classic palace-pyramid)
Type-site of Rio Bec architectural style (550–850 CE): dispersed low pyramids 10–20 m with twin solid towers and false stairs, vaulted palace chambers, and roofcombs — Structure V (5N2 Group A) is…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya, c.550-850 CE (Río Bec, Late Classic) · Maya (Río Bec)
Río Bec Group V Structure V-N central pyramid: 20×15 m base, 18 m high with false twin towers, steep stair (55°) to ornamented temple with Chaak masks and medial moulding.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Rio Bec (600–900 CE) · Maya — Rio Bec
One of 12 Río Bec Project microregion hamlets illustrating non-hierarchical polity model — no dominant pyramid but a low broad temple mound (Structure 1) with Chenes mosaic fragments, surrounded by…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic Maya (Río Bec) · Maya (Río Bec)
Type-site false-tower pyramid Structure V-N at Río Bec — 8 m solid-tower platform pyramid c.650–850 CE anchoring 100-structure Río Bec city.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Preclassic to Late Classic (600–800 CE peak Rio Bec–Chenes, moat c.100 BCE–150 CE early) · Maya (Rio Bec–Chenes, Becán polity)
Largest moated Maya city (550 BCE–1000 CE, peak 600–800 CE) 5.75 ha enclosed by artificial ditch and rampart (1900 m perimeter moat) with 7 entrances: Structure VIII twin-tower pyramid 32 m high east…
🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid
Late Classic (Chenés–Río Bec) · Maya (Chenés south)
Chenés-south hybrid center (c.600–900 CE) 22 km east of Xpujil, with Structure II Chenés monster-mouth façade 30 m long on pyramid base, Structure V palace and ballcourt. Looting 1...
