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<< Our Photo Pages >> Xcambo - Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico in Yucatan

Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 04 February 2009  Page Views: 6428

Multi-periodSite Name: Xcambo
Country: Mexico
NOTE: This site is 463.177 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Yucatan Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Progresso  Nearest Village: Telchac Puerto
Latitude: 21.313400N  Longitude: 89.354W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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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Rileyy visited on 1st Jan 2006 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Minor compared to the many great sites in yucatan, but a nice place to get away from crowds and watch the sunset.

Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4.5

Xcambo
Xcambo submitted by davidmorgan : Powerful people controlled the salt trade from here. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Mexico.
A very important Maya salt producing settlement on the north coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, it had almost a monopoly on the supply of its product to Chichen Itza, Uxmal and Izamal.
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Xcambo
Xcambo submitted by davidmorgan : A small church at the site, next to the main pyramid which has a cross perched on top of it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Xcambo
Xcambo submitted by davidmorgan : The nearby salt pans from which the people of Xcambo supplied most of the northern Maya area. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Xcambo
Xcambo submitted by davidmorgan : The east side of the plaza. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Xcambo
Xcambo submitted by davidmorgan : A small building with protected stucco figures at the south of the main plaza. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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