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Chinkultic

Archeological ruin in Chiapas, Mexico

Chinkultic, sometimes Chincultic, is a moderate-size archeological ruin in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. It is part of the Lagunas de Montebello National

Chinkultic

Yaxchilan

Ancient Mayan city in Chiapas, Mexico

Yaxchilan bear a striking similarity to stelae located at the site of Chinkultic. Both sites have stelae that display scenes of rulers with subordinates

Yaxchilan

Lagunas de Montebello National Park

National park in Chiapas, Mexico

dedicated in May 591. Carved stelae depicting Chinkultic's rulers are scattered among the ruins. Acropolis of Chinkultic Laguna Ensueño Lago Peña Blanca Border

Lagunas de Montebello National Park

Lagunas_de_Montebello_National_Park

Mesoamerica

Pre-Columbian cultural area in the Americas

Ballgame marker from the classic Lowland Maya site of Chinkultic, Mexico depicting a ballplayer in full gear

Mesoamerica

Chiapas

State of Mexico

to the ancient Mayan ruins of Palenque, Yaxchilán, Bonampak, Lacanha, Chinkultic, El Lagartero and Toniná. It is also home to one of the largest indigenous

Chiapas

Usumacinta River

River in Guatemala and Mexico

along its banks. Because of artistic similarities between Yaxchilan and Chinkultic, another Maya site, there seems to have been some sort of artistic communication

Usumacinta River

Usumacinta_River

Mesoamerican ballgame

Ancient game

A ballcourt marker, from the Maya site of Chinkultic, dated to 591. The ball displays the finely incised portrait of a young deity.

Mesoamerican ballgame

Mesoamerican_ballgame

Talud-tablero

Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican architectural style

Cholula Tonina Mitla Tulum Becan Dzibilchaltun Mexiquito Tancah Teotihuacan Chinkultic Teotenango Tlatelolco Edzna Cacaxtla Tula Tenochititlan Tepeapulco Xochicalco

Talud-tablero

Maya architecture

Architecture style

characterized by the use of stonemasonry walls in the buildings. Example: Chinkultic, Tenam Puente. The constructions in this style are made from dirt and

Maya architecture

Maya_architecture

Calendar year

21 – A Mesoamerican ballgame court is dedicated at the Mayan city of Chinkultic (Mexico). Pope Gregory I criticizes the bishops of Arles and Marseille

591

Mesoamerican rubber balls

Balls used in Mesoamerican ball games

depictions include not only the image on the right, but the "Dallas vase", the Chinkultic court marker, and a Western Mexico ceramic ballcourt. Most researchers

Mesoamerican rubber balls

Mesoamerican_rubber_balls

Maya stelae

Carved stone slabs made by the Pre-Columbian Maya

Mexico A portrait of a seated lord. Stela 1 Chinkultic Mexico Portraits of unknown monarchs Stela 8 Chinkultic Mexico Stela 1 9.12.0.0.0 (front) 9.12.10

Maya stelae

Maya_stelae

List of Maya sites

Chicozapote Petén Department, Guatemala Chinaha Chinikiha Chiapas, Mexico Chinkultic Chiapas, Mexico Chitinamit Quiché Department, Guatemala Chocolá Suchitepéquez

List of Maya sites

List_of_Maya_sites

Mesoamerican ballcourt

Pre-Columbian sports venue

Quirarte, p. 205-208. See Hill, Blake, and Clark (1998); Schuster (1998). Chinkultic's northern endzone is 3 times as deep as the southern endzone, perhaps

Mesoamerican ballcourt

Mesoamerican_ballcourt

List of archaeological sites by country

Chichmul El Chicozapote Chimalhuacán (archaeological site) Chinikiha Chinkultic Cholula (Mesoamerican site) Chuctiepa Chunchucmil Chunhuhub Chunlimon

List of archaeological sites by country

List_of_archaeological_sites_by_country

List of Mesoamerican pyramids

Temple of the Warriors Maya 12 1200 CE Chichen Itza Mexico Ossuary Maya 10 Chinkultic Mexico Maya 600 to 900 CE Cholula Mexico The Great Pyramid of Cholula

List of Mesoamerican pyramids

List_of_Mesoamerican_pyramids

1926 in archaeology

later in the year. Enrique Juan Palacios makes detailed description of Chinkultic. Matthew Stirling explores New Guinea (through 1929). Leo Frobenius makes

1926 in archaeology

1926_in_archaeology

History of Chiapas

Among these cities are Palenque, Xupa, Bonampak, Lacanha, Yaxchilan, Chinkultic, Toniná, Chinikiha, El Cayo, La Mar, El Palma, Oxlahuntun and Sak Tz'i

History of Chiapas

History_of_Chiapas

Wajxaklajun

Mayan ruin in Guatemala

Classic-period site of Quen Santo, and is 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Chinkultic. The site is likely to have had trade links with highland Chiapas, in

Wajxaklajun

Ancient Maya art

Aspect of Mayan culture

the central axis of the floors of ball courts (such as those of Copan, Chinkultic, Tonina), and usually showing royal ball game scenes. Monumental stairs

Ancient Maya art

Ancient_Maya_art

Tenam Puente

Archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico

decline of their lowland competitors. Tenam Puente, as well as nearby Chinkultic, were a modest power on the western fringe of the Maya world's highlands

Tenam Puente

Tenam_Puente

590s

Decade

21 – A Mesoamerican ballgame court is dedicated at the Mayan city of Chinkultic (Mexico). Pope Gregory I criticizes the bishops of Arles and Marseille

590s

El Parral, Chiapas