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<< Our Photo Pages >> Chacmultun - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Yucatan

Submitted by davidmorgan on Thursday, 12 April 2007  Page Views: 5640

Multi-periodSite Name: Chacmultun
Country: Mexico Region: Yucatan Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Tekax
Latitude: 20.172170N  Longitude: 89.34439W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Chacmultun
Chacmultun submitted by davidmorgan : The palace at the Chacmultul group at Chacmultun. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient City in Mexico. A Puuc style Maya city founded in the Late Preclassic period (300 BCE - 300 CE), reaching its peak in the Late Classic around 950 CE. Its name means "mounds made of red stone".
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Chacmultun
Chacmultun submitted by davidmorgan : The ball-court at Chacmultun. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chacmultun
Chacmultun submitted by davidmorgan : The palace of the Kabalpak group. Note the redness of the stone from which Chacmultun gets its name. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chacmultun
Chacmultun submitted by davidmorgan : The Xetpol palace at Chacmultun, seen from the Kabalpak palace. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chacmultun submitted by davidmorgan : Stairways between plazas leading up to the palaces at Chacmultun. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Chacmultun submitted by davidmorgan : Another view of the main palace in the Chacmultul group.

Chacmultun
Chacmultun submitted by davidmorgan : One of the buildings in the Chacmultul group at Chacmultun.

Chacmultun
Chacmultun submitted by durhamnature : Photo from "Ruins of Mexico" via archive.org Site in Yucatan Mexico

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Chacmultun submitted by durhamnature

Chacmultun
Chacmultun submitted by durhamnature

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