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AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL GUIDE TO MEXICO'S YUCATAN PENINSULA
By Joyce P^elly Photographs by Jerry Kelly and the Author Drawings and Maps by the Author
University of Oklahoma Press : Norman and London CONTENTS
List of Illustrations ix Nohpat 96 Mul-Chic 99 Alphabetical List of Sites Sacbe (Sacbe-Xhaxche) 101 and Monuments xiii Xkampon 105 Kabah 107 Preface XV Chac I (Grata de Chac) 114 Chac II 116 Acknowledgments xvii Sayil 118 Sodzil 129 PART ONE: Introduction Xlapak (Maler-Xlabpak) 131 Labna 133 The Peopling of the New World 3 Huntichmul 139 The Archaeology of the Yucatan Chuncatzim I (Xcanelcruz) 142 Peninsula 4 Chuncatzim II 144 Chronological Chart 6 Sabacche 146 Geographic Divisions and Points of Pich Corralche 150 Reference 8 Loltun (Cave) 153 General Advice and Miscellaneous Chacmultun 156 Notes 9 Kom 164 The Rating System 18 Chacbolay (Chacbolai) 169 List of Sites and Museums by Kiuic 171 Ratings 19 Dzula (Tzula) 176 Xkichmook 177 PART TWO: The Sites and Museums Xcavil de Yaxche 181 Yaxche-Xlapak 184 1. Northern Yucatan 23 Balche 186 Chunhuaymil I 187 General Information for Section 1 25 Chunhuhub 188 Merida Museum 26 Xcochkax 192 Dzibilchaltun and Dzibilchaltun Almuchil 194 Museum 29 Miramar 195 Yaxcopoil Museum 35 Itzimte 197 Acanceh 35 Santa Rosa Xtampak 198 Mayapan 37 Ake 43 3. East-central Campeche Izamal 45 Ikil 47 General Information for Section 3 209 Chichen Itza and Chichen Itza Tohcok (Tohkok) 211 Museum 50 El Tabasqueno 212 Balankanche (Cave) 67 Hochob 216 Coba-Yaxuna Sacbe 68 Dzibilnocac 220 Ek Balam 69 Kancabchen 224
2. West-central Yucatan and 4. Northern and West-central Campeche Northeastern Campeche General Information for Section 4 229 General Information for Section 2 75 Campeche Museum (Campeche City) 230 Oxkintok 76 Hecelchakan Museum 232 Uxmal and Uxmal Museum 83 Edzna (Etzna) 234
CONTENTS • vii 5. Southeastern Campeche and Yamilum (Cancun) 315 Southern Quintana Roo El Rey (Cancun) 317 Playa del Carmen 319 General Information for Section 5 243 Xcaret 321 Balamku (Chunhabil) 244 Chakalal 323 Calakmul 247 Yalku 324 Manos Rojas 252 Xelha 325 Chicanna 254 Tancah 328 Becan 260 Tulum 330 Xpuhil 267 Muyil (Chunyaxche) 337 Culucbalotn 269 Puerto Rico 271 6. Northern Quintana Roo, Part 2 A Note on the Rio Bee Sites 273 (Cozumel) Rio Bee B 274 Rio Bee A 277 General Information for Section 6, Rio Bee I 278 Part 2 343 Rio Bee N 279 Cozumel Museum 344 Rio Bee II 281 San Gervasio (Cozumel) 345 Hormiguero 282 El Cedral (Cozumel) 348 Payan 287 Caracol (Tumba de Caracol) Kohunlich 289 (Cozumel) 350 Xulha 293 A Note on Four East Coast Temples Limones 294 (Cozumel) 352 Temple 1 352 6. Northern Quintana Roo, Part 1 Temple 2 352 (Mainland) El Real (Temple 3) 353 Temple 4 354 General Information for Section 6, Parti 299 Glossary 355 Punta Laguna 301 Coba 303 Selected Readings 358 El Meco 309 Pok-ta-Pok (Cancun) 313 Index 361 Ni Ku (Punta Cancun) 314
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