<< Our Photo Pages >> Chicanná - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Campeche
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Multi-periodSite Name: ChicannáCountry: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 22.558 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Campeche Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Xpujil
Latitude: 18.506900N Longitude: 89.4862W
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 |
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john_op_stap visited on 28th Jul 2004 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Just of the main road, can and should not be missed if in the area.
SolarMegalith visited on 1st Mar 2002 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4
The ancient name of the site is not known. It was discovered in 1966 when it was given its present name, which no doubt refers to the facade of Structure II: chi, mouth; can, serpent; ná, house - House of the Serpent Mouth.
Due to its dimensions and the rich decoration of the buildings, it has been considered as a small elitist centre of Becán, that is, like a residential zone of the rulers of the ancient regional capital.
It had important commercial connections with other settlements as attested to by the presence of non-local materials found at the site: objects from the highlands of Guatemala and the region of Honduras. Most likely, many of these products were concentrated in Becán and distributed from there.
Evidence of occupation dates from the period known as the Late Pre-Classic (300 BCE to 250 CE), while the last stages of activity at the site have been dated to the Early Post-Classic (1100 CE).
Chicanná is one of the 45 sites located in the archaeological region known as Rio Bec. This category refers to the shape and decoration of the buildings, which together constitute the architectonic style. Consequently, it is common to find the presence of elongated buildings flanked by slender towers with rounded corners, as well as the enormous representation of Itzamná, principal god of the Maya pantheon, also known as the Earth Monster, on the facade of the lower construction.
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