Acanceh

Acanceh on the map of Yucatán

Acanceh is the main town of the same name in the Mexican state of Yucatán Munizips.

Pilot panicked Acanceh

The prehispanic settlement dates back to the Early Classic period. The modern building complex can be only selectively determine the size of the pre-Hispanic city. The preserved remains of buildings are from the classical period of Mayan culture. A total of 300 were localized to the remains of constructions in the urban area and its immediate surroundings.

The Pyramids

The pyramids are located on the north side of the square next to the church. The higher 15 m southern pyramid consists of three stages with stairs on all sides and has a lower side length of 32 m. In the visible today pyramid is a later overbuilding of an earlier building from which the large stucco masks are preserved on both sides of the stairs on all sides partially.

A smaller pyramid is located northeast behind the larger, her stucco masks are not so far been discovered. The structures are continued under the adjacent houses.

The Palace of stucco friezes

Inside a pyramid younger two adjacent palaces were discovered on a large platform at the beginning of the 20th century, of which the southern demonstrates very rich configured with representations in stucco upper half of the wall on its northern facade. The length of the superbly preserved by the overbuilding frieze is around 13 m. The subjects are figures of animals like monkeys and bats in diagonally opposite fields that are associated with notions of the Maya of the underworld in conjunction. The first study comes from Eduard Seler, who thereby partially based on photos of Teobert painter.