Dzibilchaltún

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Maya archaeological site Maya temple ancient city archaeological site

Dzibilchaltún is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, noted for its Temple of the Seven Dolls and precise solar alignments during the equinoxes.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dzibilchaltún canonical 5
Dzibilchaltún Site Museum 1
Dzibilchaltún archaeological site 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya archaeological site ⓘ
Maya temple ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
administrativeAuthority Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
astronomicalFeature precise solar observations ⓘ
solar alignment at equinox sunrise ⓘ
containsEvidenceOf Maya hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
Maya residential compounds ⓘ
Maya stelae ⓘ
Spanish colonial occupation ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
discoveredByArchaeology early 20th century explorers ⓘ
distanceToCoast approximately 20 kilometers from Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
distanceToMérida approximately 15–20 kilometers ⓘ
endOfMajorOccupation around 1200 CE ⓘ
etymology name often translated as “place where there is writing on flat stones” ⓘ
excavationBy INAH archaeologists ⓘ
hasPart Dzibilchaltún self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dzibilchaltún Site Museum

Temple of the Seven Dolls ⓘ
cenote Xlakah ⓘ
central plaza ⓘ
colonial chapel ⓘ
sacbeob ⓘ
hasStructureType causeways ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
platforms ⓘ
pyramids ⓘ
temples ⓘ
hasWaterSource cenote ⓘ
knownFor Temple of the Seven Dolls ⓘ
equinox solar alignments ⓘ
equinox sunrise alignment through doorways and windows ⓘ
long continuous occupation ⓘ
locatedIn Dzibilchaltún self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
Yucatán state ⓘ
locatedNear Mérida ⓘ
Progreso ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage Yucatec Maya ⓘ
nearbyModernSettlement Dzibilchaltún self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dzibilchaltún village
periodOfUse Late Classic period ⓘ
surface form: Classic Maya period

Postclassic period of Mesoamerica ⓘ
surface form: Postclassic Maya period

Preclassic period (Maya civilization) ⓘ
surface form: Preclassic Maya period
region Maya lowlands ⓘ
surface form: Northern Maya lowlands
religion ancient Maya religion ⓘ
startOfOccupation around 500 BCE ⓘ
tourism open to the public ⓘ
popular for equinox sunrise events ⓘ
UNESCOStatus on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mérida → nearbyArchaeologicalSite → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
state of Yucatán → contains → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
subject surface form: Yucatán
Maya lowlands → contains → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
Progreso → nearbyAttraction → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dzibilchaltún archaeological site
Yucatán state → contains → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
subject surface form: Yucatán
Dzibilchaltún → hasPart → Dzibilchaltún self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dzibilchaltún Site Museum
Dzibilchaltún → nearbyModernSettlement → Dzibilchaltún self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dzibilchaltún village
Dzibilchaltún → locatedIn → Dzibilchaltún self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of the Seven Dolls
Archaeological Monuments Zone of Mexico → includes → Dzibilchaltún ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dzibilchaltún archaeological zone