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Yaxchilan

Mexico / Tabasco / Miguel Hidalgo /
 ruins, archaeological site, Maya civilization, ancient ruins
Yaxchilan, located on the banks of the Usumacinta River in the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico, was an important Late Classic Maya centre. Yaxchilan flourished between c. 580 and c. 800 CE, benefitting from commerce via the Usumacinta River and trading in copal resin and dyes processed from Brazil wood. Remains of stone pilings suggest the site once had a bridge or toll gate. Impressive in both architecture and sculpture, the site displays evidence of warfare before its collapse in the 9th century CE.


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Yaxchilan was a Maya settlement inhabited between 200AD and 800AD, which rose to prominence in the 8th century. It is currently reachable only by river or by air.
See: www.raingod.com/angus/Gallery/Photos/NorthAmerica/Mexic...
See also: mesoamerica.narod.ru/fotoyax.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaxchilan
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Coordinates:   16°53'50"N   90°57'58"W
This article was last modified 4 years ago