Xlapak
Xlapak (or Xlapac) is a small
Yucatán State,[3] a region of karst limestone forming the only major topographical feature of the peninsula.[4] The closest town is Oxkutzcab
, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the northeast.
The site dates from the Late to Terminal Classic periods and was sited in an area suitable for agriculture.[5]
Restoration at Xlapak, and other nearby archaeological sites, was carried out in the first half of the 20th century by the Mexican
The site
The site core is located in the flat valley bottom, while in the surrounding hills the remains of perishable structures have been found.[3]
The main feature of Group 1 is the Palace, which consists of nine rooms with decorated facades. Another palace is located in Group 2, it is decorated with columns.
Notes
- ^ a b Digital Collections of the Brigham Young University
- ^ Toscano Hernández & Huchim Herrera 2004, p. 84. Lorenzo Vidal & Muñoz Cosme 1997, p.360. Carmean & Sabloff 1996, p.319.
- ^ a b c Toscano Hernández & Huchim Herrera 2004, p.84.
- ^ Smyth & Dore 1992, p.4.
- ^ Toscano Hernández & Huchim Herrera 2004, p.81.
- ^ Rhyne, p.21.
- ^ Rhyne, p.36.
- ^ Lorenzo Vidal & Muñoz Cosme 1997, p.364.
- ^ Lorenzo Vidal & Muñoz Cosme 1997, p.365.
References
- Carmean, Kelli; Jeremy A. Sabloff (Autumn 1996). "Political Decentralization in the Puuc Region, Yucatan, Mexico". Journal of Anthropological Research. 52 (3). Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico: 317–330.
- Carmean, Kelli; Dunning, Nicholas; Kowalski, Jeff Karl (2005). "High Times in the Hill Country: A Perspective from the Terminal Classic Puuc Region". In Arthur A. Demarest; Prudence M. Rice; Don S. Rice (eds.). The Terminal Classic in the Maya lowlands: Collapse, transition, and transformation. Boulder: OCLC 61719499.
- Lorenzo Vidal, Cristina; Gaspar Muñoz Cosme (1997). J.P. Laporte; H. Escobedo (eds.). "La arquitectura de las ciudades Mayas del área Puuc, Yucatán" (PDF). X Simposio de Investigaciones Arqueológicas en Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología: 360–376. Archived from the original (versión digital) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- Rhyne, Charles. "Architecture, Restoration, and Imaging of the Maya Cities of Uxmal, Kabah, Sayil, and Labná: The Puuc Region, Yucatán, México" (PDF). Annotated Bibliography of the Puuc Region. Portland, Oregon: Reed College. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- Smyth, Michael P.; Christopher D. Dore (March 1992). "Large-Site Archaeological Methods at Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico: Investigating Community Organization at a Prehispanic Maya Center". Latin American Antiquity. 3 (1). Washington, DC: Society for American Archaeology: 3–21. JSTOR 971927.
- Toscano Hernández, Lourdes; José Huchim Herrera (November–December 2004). "La Región Puuc de Yucatán" (PDF). Arqueología Mexicana (in Spanish). XII (70). Mexico: Editorial Raíces: 80–87. OCLC 29789840. Archived from the original(PDF) on February 6, 2010.
