Acanmul

Acanmul is an archaeological site of the Maya in Mexico. It is located on the Yucatan Peninsula in the state of Campeche, about 25 kilometers north of the capital of the state. The importance of Acanmul based, among other things, that the entire surrounding region is archaeologically little known and there mostly very small localities have been described.

The first, however, only short scientific description comes from Harry ED Pollock .. Since 2000 excavations found and analyzes under the direction of Heber Ojeda and Joseph Ball, which were discontinued after a few years.

In the center of attention is a two-story building, which is usually referred to its alleged purpose according to a palace. It dates from the late Klassikum and was repeatedly changed by overbuilding and extended. The building stands on a very large, wide and high terrace almost the entire width endearing stairs, it consists of a series of rooms on the level of this terrace on the south side as on the previously exposed north side, between which stairs to a to a solid core lead built second floor. Behind the ground floor rooms is at some places a vertical outer wall visible: In a previous construction of the second floor seems to have rested on a masonry block with vertical walls, which later described the rooms were served. In the middle of the building of the massive structure protrudes far and is carried out in stages, leading upwards wide staircase there is the ( incorrect ) impression of a pyramid. The second floor consists of three separate buildings with a series of rooms.

To the right of the platform on which the palace building is to find smaller designs, also with two floors, the second floor of the surface of the platform described corresponds. The subsequent directly to the deck space was changed later: A wall to the back space was drafted, which leaves only a low slip through. With this change use a sweat bath was set up.

Immediately adjacent is a so-called C- shaped building in an unusual construction by well- machined casing stones. Acanmul also includes a ball court and several non- exposed pyramids.

The site is not officially open to visitors and (2010) partially overgrown.