Yaxuná
Yaxuna is a
Yucatán, Mexico
.
The settlement had a long continuous occupation running from the Middle Formative Period through the Postclassic. The Late Formative saw the construction of a number of
Chichén Itzá
to the north began a war with the Coba state, and Yaxuna constructed a city wall, but Chichén Itzá appears to have conquered the city by around 950. Sacked and ritually destroyed, the city never recovered. By the Postclassic (1100–1697), the population was much reduced, with new construction limited to minor additions to older architecture..
References
- ^ "Nuestros municipios - Yaxcabá". Retrieved 2009-11-11.
External links
- Selz Foundation Yaxuná Archaeology Project website, Southern Methodist University, hosted by California State University, Hayward
20°27′N 88°40′W / 20.450°N 88.667°W