Maya city

C6683
concept

A Maya city is a pre-Columbian urban center of the Maya civilization characterized by monumental architecture, complex social and political organization, and integration with surrounding agricultural and ritual landscapes.

All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Maya architectural structure 9
Maya city canonical 8
Maya palace 3

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Maya city
Generated description
A Maya city is a pre-Columbian urban center of the Maya civilization characterized by monumental architecture, complex social and political organization, and integration with surrounding agricultural and ritual landscapes.

Instances (24)

Instance Via concept surface
Group of a Thousand Columns Maya architectural structure
El Caracol Maya observatory
Platform of the Skulls Maya architectural structure
Nunnery Quadrangle Maya architectural structure
Governor's Palace
surface form: Governor's Palace (Uxmal)
Maya palace
North Long Building Maya architectural structure
Dzibanché —
South Acropolis Maya acropolis
Mayan settlement of Ah Kim Pech
surface form: Ah Kim Pech
Maya settlement
Kabah —
Tikal —
Piedras Negras —
Tulum archaeological site pre-Columbian Maya city
Nojpetén island city
surface form: Nojpetén
—
Nojpetén —
House E of the Palace at Palenque Maya architectural structure
Structure 44 Maya architectural structure
Structure 23
surface form: Structure 23 (Yaxchilán)
Maya architectural structure
Structure 2
surface form: Structure 2 (Bonampak)
Maya architectural structure
Maya city of Nojpetén
surface form: Nojpetén
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Governor’s Palace at Uxmal Maya palace
Satunsat Maya architectural structure
Kaminaljuyú archaeological site
surface form: Kaminaljuyú
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Palace of the Masks Maya palace