List of Maya sites

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

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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:
*Becan
*Calakmul
*Caracol
*Ceibal (also known as Seibal)
*Chichen Itza
*Chunchucmil
*Coba
*Copán
*Dos Pilas
*Dzibilchaltun
*El Baúl
*El Mirador
*Ixkun
*Kaminaljuyu
*Mayapan
*Naachtun
*Nakbe
*Naranjo, Guatemala
*Oxkintok
*Palenque
*Piedras Negras
*San Bartolo
*Tikal
*Tulum
*Uxmal
*Waka'
*Yaxchilan
*Yaxha

Alphabetical listing

A

*Abaj Takalik ("see" Takalik Abaj)
*Acanceh
*Acanmul
*Acte
*Actun Tunichil Muknal
*Actuncan
*Aguacate
*Aguas Calientes
*Aguateca
*Ake
*La Amelia
*El Amparo
*Almuchil
*Altamira
*Altar de los Reyes
*Altar de Sacrificios
*Altun Ha
*Anayte'
*Anonal
*Arroyo de Piedra

B

*Baking Pot
*Balberta
*Becan
*Blackman Eddy
*Bejucal
*Balakbal
*Balamkú
*Bellote
*Balamtun
*Bolonchen
*Bonampak
*El Baúl

C

*Cahal Pech
*Calakmul
*Campeche
*Cancuen
*Cansacbe
*Caracol
*El Caribe
*Cenotillo
*Cerros
*Chacchoben
*Chacmultun
*Chapayal
*Chiapa de Corzo
*Chicanna
*Chichen Itza
*Chichmul
*El Chicozapote
*Chinaha
*Chinikiha
*Chinkultic
*Chocolá
*El Chorro
*Chuctiepa
*Chunchucmil
*Chunhuhub
*Chunhuitz
*Cival
*Civiltuk
*Coba
*Comalcalco
*Comitan
*Consacbe
*Copán
*La Corona (The enigmatic "Site Q")
*Corozal
*Cozumel
*Cuello

D

*Dos Pilas
*Dzehkabtun
*Dzekilna
*Dzibanche
*Dzibilchaltun
*Dzibilnocac
*Dzilam
*Dzitbalche
*Dzula

E

*Edzna
*Ek' Balam
*Ekab
*El Encanto
*Colonia La Esperanza

F

*Finca Encanto
*La Florida
*Flores ("see" Tayasal)

G

*Guaquitepec
*Gumarcaj

H

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

I

*Ichmac
*Ichmul
*Ichpaatun
*Ikil
*Itsimte-Sacluk
*Itzan
*Itzimte-Bolonchen ("see" Bolonchen)
*Ixil
*Iximche
*Ixkun
*Ixlu
*Ixtelha
*Ixtutz
*Izamal
*Izapa

J

*Jaina Island
*Jimbal
*Jolja'
*Jonuta
*Joya de Cerén
*La Joyanca

K

*Kabah
*Kalakmul ("see" Calakmul)
*Kaminaljuyu
*Kana
*Kanki
*Kantunil Kin
*Kaxuinic
*Kayal
*Kinal
*Kiuic
*Kohunlich
*Komchen

L

*Labna
*Lacanha
*Laguna Perdida II
*Lagunita
*Lamanai
*Lashtunich
*Loltun
*López Mateos
*Louisville
*Lubaantun

M

*Machaquila
*Managua (Maya site)
*Maní
*La Mar
*Mario Ancona
*Maxcanu
*Mayapan
*La Milpa
*Minanha
*El Mirador
*Miraflores
*Mixco Viejo
*Monte Alto
*La Montura
*Mopila
*Moral
*Motul de San José
*Mountain Cow
*Mulchic
*Muluch Tsekal
*La Muñeca
*Muyil

N

*Naachtun
*Naj Tunich
*Nakbe
*Nakum
*Naranjo
*La Naya
*Nebaj
*Nim Li Punit
*Nohpat

O

*Ojo de Agua
*Okop
*Oxcutzcab
*Oxkintok
*Oxlahuntun
*Oxpemul

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

Q

*"Site Q" ("see" La Corona)
*Quen Santo
*Quirigua

R

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

*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 Mateo Ixtatán
*San Pedro
*Santa Elena Poco Uinic
*Santa Rita Corozal
*Santa Rosa Xtampak
*Santoton
*Sayil
*Seibal
*Sihó
*Silvituc
*Simojovel
*Sisilha
*La Sufricaya

T

*Tabi
*Takalik Abaj
*Tamarindito
*Tancah
*Tayasal
*Tazumal
*Techoh
*Telantunich
*Teleman
*El Temblor
*Tenam Puente
*Tenam Rosario
*Tikal
*Tila
*El Tintal
*Tohcok
*Tonalá
*Toniná
*Topoxté
*Tortuguero
*Tres Islas
*Tulum
*Tunkuyi
*Tzendales
*Tzibanche
*Tzocchen
*Tzum

U

*Uaxactun
*Uaymil
*Ucanal
*Uci
*Ukum
*Uolantun
*Utatlan ("see" Gumarcaj)
*Uxbenka
*Uxmal
*Uxul

W

*Waka' ("see" El Perú)
*Waxaktun ("see" Uaxactun)
*Witzna

X

*Xcalumkin
*Xcaret
*X'Castillo
*Xcocha
*Xcochkax
*Xcoralche
*Xcucsuc
*Xculoc
*Xel-Há
*Xicalango
*Xkalachchetzimin
*Xlapak
*Xkichmook
*Xkombec
*Xkukican
*Xmakabatun
*Xnaheb
*Xnucbec
*Xpuhil
*Xtampak
*Xtobo
*Xul
*Xultun
*Xunantunich
*Xupa
*Xutilha

Y

*Yaaxhom
*Yakalmai
*Yalcabakal
*Yaltutu
*Yaxchilan
*Yaxcopoil
*Yaxha
*Yaxuna
*Yo'okop
*Yula

Z

*Zacpeten
*Zaculeu
*El Zapote
*Zapote Bobal
*El Zotz

ee also

*Maya civilization
*Maya architecture
*Mesoamerican chronology

Notes

References

*cite web |author=Mathews, Peter |authorlink=Peter Mathews (Mayanist) |year=n.d. |title=Site Names and Codes |work=Who's Who in the Classic Maya World |url=http://research.famsi.org/whos_who/sitenames_codes.htm |publisher=Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc.
*cite journal |author=Riese, Berthold |year=2004 |title=Abkürzungen für Maya-Ruinenorte mit Inschriften |url=http://www.wayeb.org/notes/wayeb_notes0008.pdf |format=PDF |journal=Wayeb Notes |volume=8 |publisher=European Association of Mayanists |id=ISSN 1379-8286de icon
*cite web |author=Witschey, Walter R.T. |coauthors= and Clifford T. Brown |year=2005 |title=The Electronic Atlas of Ancient Maya Sites |url=http://mayagis.smv.org/ |format=PDF

External links

* [http://research.famsi.org/whos_who/sitenames_codes.htm Site names and codes (FAMSI)] , compiled from CMHI volumes, with additions from Mathews and Riese.
* [http://mayagis.smv.org/maps_of_the_maya_area.htm Maya GIS] Over 4,000 Maya sites plotted on a set of downloadable PDF maps using GIS -- by Clifford Brown and Walter Witschey.