List of Maya sites

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This List of Maya sites is an alphabetical listing of a number of significant archaeological sites associated with the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

The peoples and cultures which comprised the Maya civilization spanned more than 2500 years of Mesoamerican history, in the region of southern Mesoamerica which incorporates the present-day nations of Guatemala and Belize, much of Honduras and El Salvador, and the southeastern states of Mexico from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to all of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Throughout this region, many hundreds of Maya sites[1] have been documented in at least some form by archaeological surveys and investigations, while the numbers of smaller/uninvestigated (or unknown) sites are so numerous (one study[2] has documented over 4,400 Maya sites) that no complete archaeological list has yet been made. The listing which appears here is necessarily incomplete, however it contains notable sites drawn from several large and ongoing surveys, such as the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (CMHI) and other sources (see References).

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
A map of several Maya sites. View full size for details.
A map of several Maya sites. View full size for details.

Contents

[edit] Most important sites

Maya sites which are known to have been among the largest and most influential polities through the various eras of Maya history —Formative (or Preclassic), Classic and Postclassic— and/or which have left the most impressive archaeological remains include:

[edit] Alphabetical listing

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

[edit] B

[edit] C

[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] F

  • Finca Encanto
  • La Florida
  • Flores (see Tayasal)

[edit] G

[edit] H

  • Hacienda Hotzuc
  • Halakal
  • Halal
  • Haltunchon
  • Los Higos
  • Hocchob
  • Holactun
  • La Honradez
  • Holtun
  • Hormiguero
  • Huacutal
  • Huntichmul

[edit] I

[edit] J

[edit] K

[edit] L

[edit] M

[edit] N

[edit] O

[edit] P

  • El Pabellón
  • Padre Piedra
  • Pajaral
  • Palenque
  • El Palmar
  • Panhale
  • Pantaleón
  • El Paraíso (Maya site)
  • La Pasadita
  • Pasión del Cristo
  • El Pato
  • Pechal
  • El Perú
  • Pestac
  • Pie de Gallo
  • Piedra Labrada
  • Piedras Negras
  • El Pilar
  • Pixoy
  • La Pochitoca
  • Polol
  • Pomona
  • Pomona, Belize
  • Pomona, Tabasco
  • Pomuch
  • El Portón
  • El Porvenir
  • Pusilha

[edit] Q

[edit] R

  • Resbalón
  • El Retiro
  • Río Amarillo
  • Río Azul
  • Río Bec
  • Río Michol
  • El Rosal (Maya site)

[edit] S

  • Sabacche
  • Sacchana
  • Sacnicte
  • Sacul
  • Salinas de los Nueve Cerros
  • San Andrés
  • San Bartolo
  • San Clemente
  • San Diego
  • San Gervasio
  • San Lorenzo (Campeche)
  • San Lorenzo (Chiapas)
  • San Pedro
  • Santa Elena Poco Uinic
  • Santa Rita Corozal
  • Santa Rosa Xtampak
  • Santoton
  • Sayil
  • Seibal
  • Sihó
  • Silvituc
  • Simojovel
  • Sisilha
  • La Sufricaya

[edit] T

[edit] U

[edit] W

[edit] X

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The CMHI enumeration of sites with inscriptions and/or Maya artworks, as modified and revised by Riese (2004) lists over 430 sites.
  2. ^ Witschey and Brown (2005)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

  • Site names and codes (FAMSI), compiled from CMHI volumes, with additions from Mathews and Riese.
  • Maya GIS Over 4,000 Maya sites plotted on a set of downloadable PDF maps using GIS -- by Clifford Brown and Walter Witschey.