Yaxchilan is an ancient Maya site on the Usumacinta River on the border between Mexico and Guatemala. It was occupied from about 250 to around 900 CE. It's peak influence was in late 600s to mid 700s. Its first King & founder of the dynesty was installed in 359. Its major rival in the area were Piedras Negras, Tikal & Palenque at various times.
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One of its outstanding archaeological features are the engraved stone lintels over many of the doorways. This video shows lost of them.
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The modern name of Yaxchilan means Green Stones in one of the Maya dialects. It has also been called Pa'Chan, Broken Sky, Cleft Sky, Lorillard City and Menche.
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There are three major groupings of buildings. Some archaeologists believe there was a 100 meter long suspension connecting Yaxchilan to the other side of the Usumacinta River. If it was as long as some speculate, it would have been the longest bridge of the ancient world until 1377.
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americanindian.net/mexico/yax/Yaxchilan/index.html
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Related Links:
1 .Wikipedia Article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaxchilan
2. peabody.harvard.edu/cmhi/site.php?site=Yaxchilan
3. sites.google.com/site/adairarthistory/v-indigenous-americas/155-yaxchiln-lintel-25-structure-23
4. britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am1923-Maud-4
5. sites.google.com/site/adairarthistory/v-indigenous-americas/155-yaxchiln-lintel-25-structure-23
6. khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/indigenous-americas-apah/north-america-apah/a/yaxchilan-lintels
7. youtube.com/results?search_query=yaxchilan+lintels
8. youtu.be/6PqtQ4RVRYU
9. mesoweb.com/pari/publications/RT09/RewritingYaxchilan.pdf
10. en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Introduction_to_the_Study_of_the_Maya_Hieroglyphs/Chapter_1
11. inah.gob.mx/zonas/30-zona-arqueologica-de-yaxchilan
12. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Maya_queens
13. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maya_stone_lintels_from_Yaxchilan
14. en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_the_Spanish_Conquest_of_Yucatan_and_of_the_Itzas/1
15. en.wikisource.org/wiki/Researches_in_the_Central_Portion_of_the_Usumatsintla_Valley
16. research.famsi.org/schele_photos_list.php?rowstart=315&search=yaxchilan&num_pages=25&title=Schele%20Photograph%20Collection&tab=schele_photos
17. wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=&search=Rulers%20of%20Yaxchilan&ns0=1&ns120=1
18. inah.gob.mx/boletines/7291-retoman-exploracion-arqueologica-del-meandro-de-la-zona-arqueologica-de-yaxchilan-en-chiapas
19. mayaruins.com/yaxchilan/yaxchilan_map.html
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