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RegionPetén Department, Guatemala

Uaxactun (pronounced [waʃakˈtun]) is an ancient sacred place of the Maya civilization, located in the Petén Basin region of the Maya lowlands, in the present-day department of Petén, Guatemala. The site lies some 12 miles (19 km) north of the major center of Tikal.[1] The name is sometimes spelled as Waxaktun.

  1. ^ Martin & Grube 2000, p. 30.

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Uaxactun

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Uaxactun (pronounced [waʃakˈtun]) is an ancient sacred place of the Maya civilization, located in the Petén Basin region of the Maya lowlands, in the present-day...

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Uaxactun Airport

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Uaxactun Airport (IATA: UAX) is an airstrip in the village of Uaxactun, Guatemala. The airstrip may be closed. Aerial imagery (Google Earth 3/27/2014)...

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Maya civilization

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Villagrán (eds.). "El Grupo A de Uaxactun: Manifestaciones arquitectónicas y dinásticas durante el Clásico Temprano" [Uaxactun Group A: Architectural Manifestations...

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List of places in Guatemala

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Tikal

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City. It is 19 kilometers (12 mi) south of the contemporary Maya city of Uaxactun and 30 kilometers (19 mi) northwest of Yaxha. The city was located 100...

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Mesoamerica

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polities in the Petén Basin, as well as with others outside of it, including Uaxactun, Caracol, Dos Pilas, Naranjo, and Calakmul. Towards the end of the Early...

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Mesoamerican chronology

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"arrival" of Siyaj K'ak' in 378 CE, numerous city states such as Tikal, Uaxactun, Calakmul, Copán, Quirigua, Palenque, Cobá, and Caracol reached their zeniths...

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Avianca Guatemala

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TG-AGA crashed within Petén Department whilst on a passenger flight from Uaxactun Airport to Flores International Airport, Santa Elena. On April 27, 1977...

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Xate

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Xate (C. oblongata) growing near Uaxactún, Guatemala....

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Type site

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culture Butmir (near Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina), of the Butmir culture Uaxactun (Maya civilization, Dept.of Peten, Guatemala) Dzibilchaltun (Maya civilization...

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Allspice

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Piment flower in Uaxactún, north of Tikal National Park, Guatemala...

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Maya codices

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by archaeologists as mortuary offerings with burials in excavations in Uaxactun, Guaytán in San Agustín Acasaguastlán, and Nebaj in El Quiché, Guatemala...

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Teotihuacan

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reigned for over 60 years and installed his relatives as rulers of Tikal and Uaxactun in Guatemala.[citation needed] Scholars have based interpretations of Teotihuacan...

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Maya stelae

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Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico. This foreign influence is seen at Tikal, Uaxactun, Río Azul and El Zapote, all in the Petén Department of Guatemala. At Tikal...

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4th century

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378: Siyaj K'ak' conquers Waka on (January 8), Tikal (January 16) and Uaxactun. 381: First Council of Constantinople reaffirms the Christian doctrine...

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Theobroma cacao

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relatively sparse, has come from the recovery of whole cacao beans at Uaxactun, Guatemala and from the preservation of wood fragments of the cacao tree...

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Preclassic Maya

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BC – 250 AD). Major archaeological sites of this period include Nakbe, Uaxactun, Seibal, San Bartolo, Cival, and El Mirador. Maya society underwent a series...

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List of airports in Guatemala

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made its maiden flight on February 2024. KAAN-717, a gun Siaan Kaan or Uaxactun, an ancient ruin of the Maya civilization All pages with titles beginning...

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spear-thrower are documented in Teotihuacan and in the Maya cities of Tikal, Uaxactun, Yaxchilan, and Toniná. They may or may not refer to the same individual...

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Bonnie Wright

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management in the Maya Biosphere Reserve. During the trip, she met staff in Uaxactun, a community that the Rainforest Alliance has been working with for more...

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El Mirador

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contemporary with the large Maya classic cities in the area, like Tikal and Uaxactun, but rather from centuries earlier in the pre-classic era (see: Mesoamerican...

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Maya architecture

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named after their prototypical example, Structure E-VII-sub at the site of Uaxactun. They were first identified as a meaningful complex by archaeologist Frans...

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Huastec people

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Panuco River sites of the Huasteca, which resemble Preclassic objects from Uaxactun, a Petén-region Maya site. A date of no earlier than 1100 BCE for the Huastecs’...

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List of caves in Guatemala

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Chamelco, Alta Verapaz Cuevas del Silvino in Morales, Izabal Grutas de Uaxactún in El Petén List of caves Speleology "Guatemala by Region". showcaves.com...

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Costa Maya

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Calakmul Chicanná Río Azul (Guatemala) Becán Naachtúm (Guatemala) Xpuhil Uaxactún (Guatemala) Dzibanche Tikal (Guatemala) Kohunlich Nakum (Guatemala) Mutul...

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1st millennium

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