Mayan culture

Connected Sites: 10

Definition
WHS with remains of Mayan culture. The history of Maya civilization generally is divided into three principal periods: the Preclassic (c. 2000 BC – 250 AD), Classic (c. 250–900 AD), and Postclassic periods (c. 950–1539 AD).

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Connected Sites

  • Uxmal
    Uxmal
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.94
    173
    7
    "demonstrate the social and economic structure of late Maya society before it disappeared in the Terminal Classic Period" (OUV crit iii)
  • Palenque
    Palenque
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.11
    146
    7
    "Older than the ensemble at Tikal, whose major monuments were constructed a hundred years later, the group of ceremonial buildings at Palenque is an outstanding example of a ceremonial and civic site corresponding to the middle of the Classic period in the Maya area." (Crit iv OUV)
  • Quirigua
    Quirigua
    Guatemala
    Inscribed: 1981
    3.22
    63
    7
    The monuments of the Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua are an outstanding example and the largest corpus of Maya art masterpieces. (OUV)
  • Joya de Ceren
    Joya de Ceren
    El Salvador
    Inscribed: 1993
    2.77
    58
    6
    Late Preclassic Maya Period Mesoamerican settlement (AB ev)
  • Tak'alik Ab'aj
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.11
    17
    4
    "Early Mayan culture emerged here at the beginning of Late Preclassic period (100 BCE to 50 CE) and reached its mature expression with the second generation (50 to 150 CE), marked by the development of the Mayan Long Count astronomical calendar" (AB ev)
  • Chichen-Itza
    Inscribed: 1988
    4.19
    272
    12
    "Chichen-Itza is the most important archaeological vestige of the Maya-Toltec civilization in Yucatan (10th-15th centuries)." (crit iii OUV)
  • Tikal National Park
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.46
    169
    6
    Tikal National Park is an outstanding example of the art and human genius of the Maya. (OUV)
  • Sian Ka'an
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.82
    93
    20
    The reserve includes some 23 known archaeological sites of the Maya civilization, including Muyil.
    See web.archive.org
  • Copán
    Copán
    Honduras
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.87
    106
    7
    "The Maya site of Copan represents one of the most spectacular achievements of the Classic Maya Period" (Crit iv OUV)
  • Calakmul
    Calakmul
    Mexico
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.94
    79
    6
    "The history of the Maya Classic period is dominated by the rivalry between Tikal and Calakmul, likened to a struggle between two Maya "superpowers". (wiki) "The archaeological sites in the property contain some unrivalled examples of Maya monumental architecture" (Crit IV OUV)