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

Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 11 April 2007  Page Views: 10343

Multi-periodSite Name: Hochob
Country: Mexico Region: Campeche Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Dzibalchen
Latitude: 19.408860N  Longitude: 89.77103W
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.
4 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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Hochob
Hochob submitted by davidmorgan : Carved facade representing the sacred monster or "Itzamná" at Hochob. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A small Chenes Maya site, situated on a plaform built atop a natural hill, forming a quadrangle. One of the best preserved examples of Chenes style architecture.

Typical of this style, the Maya decorated the entire front of the principal facade of their structures. Generally, the face of the sacred monster, the iguana or Itzamna, was represented with the mouth open.
In addition to the three restored buildings at Hochob, one can appreciate an example of one of the most ancient systems for capturing and storing rain water used by the ancient Maya: the chultunes or cisterns.

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Hochob
Hochob submitted by davidmorgan : A temple in the quadrangle at Hochob. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hochob submitted by davidmorgan : Another view of the monster mouth temple. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Hochob submitted by davidmorgan : In the quadrangle at Hochob. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hochob
Hochob submitted by davidmorgan : One of the temples in the quadrangle at Hochob. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hochob
Hochob submitted by davidmorgan : Looking up at a temple at Hochob.

Hochob
Hochob submitted by john_op_stap : Hochob - 27/07/04 Hochob, detail of the Monster Mouth Frieze. Image copyright: john_op_stap (John Schelstraete), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Re: Hochob by john_op_stap on Wednesday, 20 November 2013
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Very little info to be found about this little site, it seems only the architecture has been studied, not the history of habitation.

More info from info in Spanish from the INAH website and my picture set




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