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<< Other Photo Pages >> Chactún. - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Campeche

Submitted by bat400 on Friday, 29 August 2014  Page Views: 4349

Multi-periodSite Name: Chactún. Alternative Name: Red Stone, Piedra Grande
Country: Mexico Region: Campeche Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Xpujil  Nearest Village: Hopelchén
Latitude: 18.590000N  Longitude: 89.42W
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2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
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1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Chactún.
Chactún. submitted by dodomad : Part of the city of Tamchen. The monster mouth doorway at Lagunita. Note the stylized eye of the earth monster and fangs along the doorway jamb. Photo Credit Ivan Sprajc. Site in Campeche Mexico (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient City in Campeche. Archaeologists in a team led by Ivan Sprajc believe that the previously unknown city dates between 600 and 900 AD. The site covers more than 22 hectares. Monuments with inscriptions, pyramids, ballcourts, residential areas.

One stelae gives a name to the place, saying that the ruler K’inich B’ahlam “fixed the Red Stone (or Stone Great) in [751AD]” – according to the preliminary interpretation by epigrapher Octavio Esparza Olguin.

Part of the Biosphere Reserve of Calakmul, “It is one of the largest sites in the Central Lowlands, comparable in extent and magnitude of its buildings with Becan, Nadzcaan and El Palmar in Campeche,” said the Sprajc, who works for the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The exploration and survey is part of the Archaeological Survey Project in Southeastern Campeche.

“With aerial photographs examined stereoscopically, we find many features that were obviously architectural remains. From there we took the coordinates and the next step was to locate the ancient routes used by tappers and loggers to reach the area, ” explained Sprajc.

Please note: the location given is for the village mentioned (Xpujil Hopelchén) as the last stopping point before the overland journey to the Chactún complexes, and not for Chactún itself. The location will be updated when more information is available.

Thanks to jackdaw1 for posting the Past Horizons story.

Sources:

"Extensive Maya city discovered in Campeche," www.pasthorizonspr.com, June 19, 2013.

Ivan Šprajc, "Archaeological Reconnaissance in Southeastern Campeche, México: 2002 Field Season Report," FAMSI © 2003:

Note: Ivan Sprajc's team finds two more Maya cities in the Mexican jungle - the top image is of one of these new sites, named Tamchen
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Chactún.
Chactún. submitted by dodomad : Arqueólogos descobrem antiga cidade maia em selva do México Site in Campeche Mexico [image: Imagem inline 1] Batizada de Chactún, área teve seu esplendor entre 600 e 900 d.C. (Foto: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e História do México/Divulgação) *Um grupo internacional de arqueólogos descobriu em Campeche, no leste do México, uma antiga cidade maia que dominou ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ancient Maya Cities Found in Jungle - Ivan Sprajc's Team Finds Two More Mayna Cities by bat400 on Thursday, 21 August 2014
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A little over a year since Sprajc announced the discover of Chactún, his team has announced two more Mayan Centers. One , a rediscovery of Lagunita, originally visited and written about in the 1970's, but then lost agian, and an entirely new center, which Sprajc has named Tamchen.

Chactún and the two newly announced cities lie in the southern part of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve.

Jackdaw1 posted this link to the Discover News article in the General Forum.
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Extensive Maya city discovered in Campeche by bat400 on Friday, 21 June 2013
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A team led by archaeologist Ivan Sprajc, has announced the discovery of an ancient Maya city called Chactún, “Red Stone” or “Piedra Grande” . Located in the southeast area of Campeche, it represents one of the largest sites of the Mexican Central Lowlands.

Discovered a few weeks ago, the archaeologists believe that the city was at the centre of a vast region between 600 and 900 AD. The extent of the site measures more than 22 hectares, and contains a number of monuments, with at least a dozen of them bearing inscriptions.

Throughout the centuries, Chactún remained hidden in the jungle of the northern Biosphere Reserve of Calakmul, which is part of an area over 3,000 square kilometres, located between the Rio Bec and Chenes region. This area until now, has remained as a total blank on the archaeological map of the Maya region.

“It is one of the largest sites in the Central Lowlands, comparable in extent and magnitude of its buildings with Becan, Nadzcaan and El Palmar in Campeche,” said the Sprajc, who works for the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

The ancient Maya metropolis is one of 80 sites that have been identified by the Archaeological Survey Project in Southeastern Campeche, which began in 1996. The location of these sites was based primarily on recognition from large-scale aerial photography.

Some sites like Uxul and Kings wall had previously been described by explorers such as Karl Ruppert, in the 1930s. However, Chactún was largely ignored by scientific expeditions until today.

Thanks to jackdaw1 for the posting. For more, see http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/06/2013/extensive-maya-city-discovered-in-campeche.
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