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<< Our Photo Pages >> Becan - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Campeche

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Sunday, 24 August 2008  Page Views: 5225

Multi-periodSite Name: Becan
Country: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 0.208 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Campeche Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Xpujil
Latitude: 18.515542N  Longitude: 89.465091W
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.
4 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
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Becan
Becan submitted by SolarMegalith : Becan - two visible towers are perfect examples of Rio Bec style (you can see similar ones in Xpujil ruins). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico

Becan is one of the most important cities representing the famous Rio Bec style. The first settlements in this place were build in Pre-Classic period, around 550 - 500 BCE. The development of Becan was stopped around 830 CE, however the city itself was abandoned much later. The site is easily accessible from the road Escarsega - Xpujil. Ruins of temples (with typical Rio Bec style towers) and the moat are in good state.
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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Structure IX - the main pyramid. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Becan submitted by SolarMegalith : The Rio Bec style temple in Becan (photo taken on March 2002). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Structure II in the south-eastern plaza. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Structure VIII seen from the pyramid. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : The ball-court at Becán. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : A corbelled passage leads to the northern plaza.

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Structure IV - on the south-eastern plaza.

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Structure X.

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Nice stucco figures at Becán. (2 comments)

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Approaching the corbelled passageway.

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : The stucco frieze.

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Becan submitted by john_op_stap : Becán - 28/07/04 Becán : Giant Mask on top of the Pyramid. The building style of this pyramid is Classic, Petén related style. The Mask proves the site has it's origins in the Pre Classic, El Mirador Basin style. See Calakmul. Image copyright: john_op_stap (John Schelstraete), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Structure I - a massive building.

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : The rear of Structure X.

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Becan submitted by davidmorgan : Site map of Becán.

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Re: Becan by john_op_stap on Monday, 18 November 2013
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More info here. My picture set.

According to the official INAH page ( in Spanish) :

- The moats function was not defensive, but as a drainage system after heavy rainfall, as otherwise certain plaza's would have been inundated.
- Nevertheless adjacent to the moat there is a parapet, often to 3,6 meters high.
- Structure IX is the oldest Temple at the site.
- Occupation starts around 600 BC, nevertheless the main era is the Late Classic, and occupation dwindled there after, only leaving the site abandoned at around +-1450 AD. (Yet another site that survived the "total" Maya Collapse.)

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