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 Temple of Kukulkan at Mayapan | |
  Location of the site  Mayapan (Yucatán (state)) | |
| Location | Tecoh Municipality, Yucatán, Mexico |
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| Region | Yucatán Peninsula |
| Coordinates | 20°37′46″N 89°27′38″W / 20.62944°N 89.46056°W |
| History | |
| Periods | Middle Preclassic to Late Postclassic |
| Cultures | Maya civilization |
Mayapan (Màayapáan in Modern Maya; in Spanish Mayapán) is a Pre-Columbian Maya site a couple of kilometers south of the town of Telchaquillo in Municipality of Tecoh, approximately 40 km south-east of Mérida and 100 km west of Chichen Itza; in the state of Yucatán, Mexico. Mayapan was the political and cultural capital of the Maya in the Yucatán Peninsula during the Late Post-Classic period from the 1220s until the 1440s.[1] Estimates of the total city population are 15,000–17,000 people, and the site has more than 4,000 structures within the city walls, and additional dwellings outside.[2]
The site has been professionally surveyed and excavated by archeological teams, beginning in 1939; five years of work was done by a team in the 1950s, and additional studies were done in the 1990s. Since 2000, a collaborative Mexican-United States team has been conducting excavations and recovery at the site, which continue.
- ^ "Everything about Mayapan Archaeological Site | Mayan Peninsula" (in Mexican Spanish). 2019-05-30. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Mayapán | ancient city, Mexico | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-11-02.