File:Sketch map, Maya ruins in central Acanceh Yucatan, 1977.jpg
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DescriptionSketch map, Maya ruins in central Acanceh Yucatan, 1977.jpg |
English: Sketch map, Maya ruins in central Acanceh Yucatan, 1977
The type of thing people did before online maps when one couldn't find a paper map. A bunch of classmates and I in Merida, Yucatan made a half-day trip to the Maya site of Mayapan. On the way back the bus stopped at Acanceh - looking out the bus window we saw the central plaza of the town had an old a Spanish church one side and and at a right angle a well preserved Maya pyramid. Well, that's something one doesn't see often, even in Yucatan. My friend Ms B and I decided to get off the bus there and check things out, to meet the group back in the city later.
My short account from a letter I wrote to a friend (I kept a carbon copy - another era indeed):
There is another major pre-Hispanic structure in Acanceh, to reach it we went west one block past the key holder’s house, then turned right down a road with narrow gage rail tracks used for transporting henequen carts. A large mound rises to the right, also surrounded by a wall and locked gate. Upon entrance we climbed to the top along a stepping stone path leading to the stuccoed wall of Acanceh. This was unearthed about 1910, in near-mint condition, considered the finest example of stucco work in Yucatan. Above the cornice of this building are about life size figures of squirrels, serpents, etc. The only protection from the elements is a piece of corrugated metal place over them as a roof; they have decayed considerably since first photographed but are still interesting. I drew this map after I got back to Merida. |
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