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Multi-periodSite Name: Chactún. Alternative Name: Red Stone, Piedra GrandeCountry: Mexico Region: Campeche Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Xpujil Nearest Village: Hopelchén
Latitude: 18.590000N Longitude: 89.42W
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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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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