<< Our Photo Pages >> Xpuhil - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Campeche
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Multi-periodSite Name: Xpuhil Alternative Name: XpujilCountry: Mexico Region: Campeche Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Xpujil
Latitude: 18.510585N Longitude: 89.406065W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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john_op_stap visited on 28th Jul 2004 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
MelissaBWrite davidmorgan have visited here
Xpuhil constitutes a good example of the architectural style known as Rio Bec. The ancient city was composed of 17 building groups which follow a disperse type of settlement pattern. There are groups formed by open courtyards surrounded by huge buildings, which are both separated from each other and integrated by smaller structures.
The buildings today make up the skeletons of what once were magnificent examples of the architecture of this type. All were covered with a stucco finish and painted with bright colours. In addition, they occasionally had rich decorations modelled in stucco.
Thus, one can see buildings made with a high quality of stone carving, forming mosaics which allude to novel forms of decoration of the structures, such as the profile serpents or the famous checkerboard type tablets, of both high and low relief.
The period of maximum splendour of the site has been dated for the years 500 and 750 CE. Its decline, or last periods of occupation, go back to 1100 CE.
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