Dzibilchaltún: One Of The Most Ancient Mayan Centers In Northwest Yucatan, Mexico

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - As many other Mayan archaeological sites, Dzibilchaltun (“place where there is writing on flat rocks”) is a striking place. It does not have the huge pyramids of Uxmal or Chichen Itza, but it has its own unique features.

Ruins of the colonial open chapel at Dzibilchaltún in Yucatán, Mexico. Seen from the southwest. Image credit: Kevincollins123 - CC BY-SA 3.0

Dzibilchaltun is a Maya archaeological site, located 15 km (9.3 miles) north of Merida in northwest Yucatan, Mexico, with more than 8000 ancient structures that are already identified by researchers but most of them remain unexcavated.

Once it was a wealthy port, with a population of at least 25,000 to 40,000, at its peak, but this population declined as Chichen Itza rose to power. The Maya lived here from at least 500 BC to the time of the Spanish Conquest that took place in the 1500s.

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