Chacchoben

Chacchoben
Maya Site
Chacchoben is located in Mexico
Chacchoben
Chacchoben
Location on the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°00′02.94″N 88°13′56.57″W / 19.0008167°N 88.2323806°W / 19.0008167; -88.2323806
CountryMexico
StateQuintana Roo
Constructed700
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Chacchoben (chak-cho-BEN; Maya for "the place of red corn") is a Maya ruin approximately 110 mi (177 km) south of Tulum and 7 mi (11 km) from the village from which it derives its name.

History

Settlement by the Maya at the site is estimated at 200 BC, and the structures date from 700 AD. It is characterised by large temples and massive platform groups.[1]

Modern discovery

In the 1940s a farm was established near the site by the Cohuo family. The site was reported visited by archeologist Loring Hewen and briefly described in a letter to ethnohistorian Ralph Roys in 1962. The principal pyramid was apparently then still used as a site for religious worship.[2] The ruins were officially reported to the Mexican government in June 1972 by Dr. Peter Harrison, an American archaeologist who was working on a project for The Royal Ontario Museum, and who also made the first maps of Chacchoben. Harrison stumbled upon this site while flying a helicopter over Mexico and noticed numerous hills in predominantly flat lands. Harrison realized there were temples beneath these hills, which were naturally covered over a period of 2000 years.[3]

Restoration

In 1994 the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) began excavations and restored a significant part of the site, which was opened to the public in 2002. Other parts of the site are still overgrown and unrestored.

Chacchoben today

Visitors to the site today can walk a circular path that includes three excavated and restored pyramids, as well as many walls and staircases. Excavation is continuing on several mounds which are known to contain further buildings. Some structures still bear traces of the red paint with which they were originally coated, and INAH has set up shaded areas to prevent further degradation of this pigment by the sun. Also notable at the base of the largest pyramid is a large stone slab called a stela with a Maya hieroglyphic inscription. Chacchoben is one of the more popular ruin sites in southern Quintana Roo, with regular tourist trips from the port of Costa Maya.

The surrounding jungle is characterized by abundant species of fauna, such as deer, peccary, armadillo, gray fox, spider monkey and howler monkey. Deeper into the jungle, more dangerous animals like jaguar, ocelot, puma and tapir can be found.

  • Temple in Chacchoben, February 2022
    Temple in Chacchoben, February 2022
  • Temple pyramid at Chacchoben, August, 2007
    Temple pyramid at Chacchoben, August, 2007
  • View of the ruins at Chacchoben from the air
    View of the ruins at Chacchoben from the air
  • Temple pyramid at Chacchoben from tourist pathway
    Temple pyramid at Chacchoben from tourist pathway
  • Chacchoben Maya ruins
    Chacchoben Maya ruins
  • Ruins in jungles, Chacchoben
    Ruins in jungles, Chacchoben
  • Sign and temple pyramid
    Sign and temple pyramid
  • Along the path between the larger temples there is a small grouping of stone footings and stairs from some of the homes built on this site.
    Along the path between the larger temples there is a small grouping of stone footings and stairs from some of the homes built on this site.
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References

  1. ^ Norman Yoffee (2007). Negotiating the Past in the Past: Identity, Memory, and Landscape in Archaeological Research. University of Arizona Press. p. 193. ISBN 9780816526703. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. ^ {Loring Hewen, New York, to Ralph Roys, Seattle, 20 August 1962, The Ralph L. Roys Papers, Accession 1712-72-17, Special Collections, The University of Washington.}
  3. ^ Justine M. Shaw, Jennifer P. Mathews (2005). Quintana Roo Archaeology (illustrated ed.). University of Arizona Press. p. 198. ISBN 9780816524419.

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