<< Other Photo Pages >> Tenam Puente - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Chiapas
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Multi-periodSite Name: Tenam PuenteCountry: Mexico Region: Chiapas Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Comitán de Dominguez Nearest Village: Francisco Sarabia
Latitude: 16.141080N Longitude: 92.10627W
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 5th Feb 2004 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
The official INAH page states the site was occupied 200 AD till about 1200 AD, therefore a Classic till late in Post Classic era site. It is not defined as a Maya site perse, but not attributed to any other culture either. The only Wikipedia page, in Spanish, lists it as a Mayan Highland site.
This site is a bit of an enigma to me.
My notes, based on local info from Comitan and the information panels at the site, mention earlier occupation, maybe late Olmec or Mixe-Zoque. If Olmec, it would fit in the migratory pattern from the Gulf of Mexico heartland towards the Pacific, as the Site of Izabal is even further south. The North North East - South South West orientation of the Pyramids is surely not in the Classic Era pattern of building, but that has been encountered at more than a few Highland sites, and surely in Post Classic, say Toltec-Mayan sites.
Also, the site has no less then 3 Ball courts, which is astonishing for such a minor site. A retrieved ball court marker, at the Tuxtla Gutierrez Regional Museum, shows a Post Classic Maya style ballplayer wearing an Ehecatl - God of the Wind in Central Mexican culture - mask.
Few inscriptions were found, the last long count date encountered being 874 AD.
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