Maya sites

Maya archaeological site in El Petén Department, Guatemala

centre of ancient Mayan civilization in Mesoamerica

Itzan is a Maya archaeological site located in the municipality of La Libertad in the Petén Department of Guatemala. Various small structures at the site were destroyed in the 1980s during oil exploration activities by Sonpetrol and Basic Resources Ltd, prompting rescue excavations by archaeologists. In spite of its small size, the site appears to have been the most politically important centre in its area, as evidenced by its unusually large quantity of monuments and the size of its major architecture.

temple in Tikal

Archeological site in Chalchuapa

thumb|upright=1.35|Map of Lake Petén Itzá, showing location of Ixlu on the eastern shore Ixlu () is a small Maya archaeological site that dates to the Classic and Postclassic Periods. It is located on the isthmus between the Petén Itzá and Salpetén lakes, in the northern Petén Department of Guatemala. The site was an important port with access to Lake Petén Itzá via the Ixlu River. The site has been identified as Saklamakhal, also spelt Saclemacal, a capital of the Kowoj Maya.

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Ruined Mayan city in Belize

The Kowoj [koʔwox] (also recorded as ''Ko'woh, Couoh, Coguo, Cohuo, Kob'ow and Kob'ox, and Kowo'') was a Maya group and polity, from the Late Postclassic period (ca. 1250–1697) of Mesoamerican chronology. The Kowoj claimed to have migrated from Mayapan sometime after the city's collapse in 1441 AD. Indigenous documents also describe Kowoj in Mayapan and linguistic data indicate migrations between the Yucatán Peninsula and the Petén region.

style in Mayan architecture

archaeological site in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Temple in Tikal

Small Maya archaeological site

archaeological site in Sayaxché, Guatemala

Itzamkanac, also known as El Tigre, is an ancient Pre-Columbian city and archaeological Maya site located in the municipality of Candelaria in the state of Campeche, Mexico. Itzamkanac was the capital of the pre-Hispanic Acalan province ruled by the Chontal Maya or Putún Maya until the arrival and encounter with the Spanish conquistadors.

architectural complexes at the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala

Ixtutz () was an important Classic Period Maya city located south of Ixkun in southeastern Petén, Guatemala. Ixtutz is situated in the valley of the Poxte River in the western portion of the Maya Mountains. The site was inhabited during the Preclassic Period to the end of the Terminal Classic Period of Mesoamerican chronology and dominated the western portion of the Dolores valley.

Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site

archaeological site in Guatemala

archaeological site in Sayaxché, Guatemala

archaeological Maya site in Mexico‎

right|300px|thumb|Stela 1, from El Baúl, with the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar date of 7.19.15.7.12.right|thumb|A sculpture from El Baúl Cotzumalhuapa archaeological culture is from the piedmont area of the Escuintla Department, Guatemala. The Cotzumalhuapa archaeological zone is near the town of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa (the city is spelled with a g — Cotzumalguapa — and the culture tends to be spelled with an h — Cotzumalhuapa).

Uxul is an ancient Maya settlement in the Campeche region of Mexico. Its construction dates back to the Preclassic period and was at the pinnacle of its existence in the classical period (circa 250 to 900 AD) a large Maya city with great political and military power. The archaeological site includes various architectural complexes with monumental structures, stelae and carved monuments with hieroglyphic inscriptions, a ball court, as well as numerous royal tombs containing skeletal remains and funeray burials. In Uxul, a large number of skeletan remains have been discovered, including skulls a

Tohcok (also known as Tacóh or Tacoc) is an archaeological Maya site in the Hopelchén municipality of the Mexican state of Campeche. Tohcok developed as a large ceremonial center during the late Classic and early Postclassic periods of Mesoamerica between the Puuc and Chenes region. This location in the transition zone of both regions makes Tohcok show a mix of both regional architectural styles in its buildings and structures.

archaeological site in Petén Department, Guatemala

Ichkabal is a large ancient Maya city located in the jungle of Quintana Roo in Mexico dating from the Middle Preclassic period of the Maya civilization around 400 BC, it developed as a monumental city until the Postclassic period.

archaeological site in Mexico

Mayan archaeological site

archaeological site in La Libertad, El Petén, Guatemala

period in Maya history

style of Mayan structure

Maya site in the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico

archaeological complex in Guatemala

thumb|right|Stela 2 from Ixtonton, now in the Museo Regional del Sureste de Petén ("Southeastern Peten Regional Museum")

Pacbitun is a Maya archaeological site located near the town of San Ignacio, Belize, in the Cayo District of west central Belize. The modern Maya name given to the site means “stone set in earth”, likely a reference to multiple fragments of stone monuments. The site, at about 240 m above sea level, is one of the earliest known from the southern Maya Lowlands, and was inhabited for almost 2000 years, from ca. 900 BCE to 900 CE. Strategically, it straddles a territory of rolling, hilly terrain between the Mountain Pine Ridge and the tropical forest covered lowlands of the Upper Belize River Vall

village in Belize