Chinkultic
Location | Comitán, Chiapas, Mexico |
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Region | Chiapas |
Coordinates | 16°7′34″N 91°47′0″W / 16.12611°N 91.78333°W |
History | |
Founded | 3rd century |
Abandoned | 13th century |
Cultures | Maya civilization |
Site notes | |
Archaeologists | Edward Seler, Enrique Juan Palacios |
Chinkultic, sometimes Chincultic, is a moderate-size archeological ruin in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. It is part of the Lagunas de Montebello National Park.
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The site has some step-pyramids and some 200 smaller buildings, most in undisturbed ruin. Chinkultic has carved stone stelae depicting the site's rulers. The site contains a court for playing the Mesoamerican ballgame, which a marker tells us was dedicated on 21 May 591.[1]
The first published account of the site was made by Edward Seler in the late 19th century. A detailed description of the site was made by Enrique Juan Palacios in 1926.
The first
Starting in 1970, some further excavations and restorations of a few buildings was conducted by Mexican government archeologists, who also dredged some artifacts from the site's cenote or natural well known as
The site is open for tourism visits, although it is not one of the more commonly visited Maya sites.
References
- ^ a b "Chinkultic". visitchiapas.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
Further reading
- Chinkultic, Una ciudad Maya, by Roberto Gallegos Ruiz (in Spanish)