Calakmul

E49310
ancient Maya city archaeological site

Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Calakmul canonical 31
Calakmul Municipality 3
ancient Maya city of Calakmul 2

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Maya city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedBy 10th century CE ⓘ
civilization Maya civilization ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
discoveredByModernArchaeology Cyrus Longworth Lundell ⓘ
distanceFromXpujilApprox about 60 km ⓘ
engagedInAllianceWith Caracol ⓘ
Dos Pilas ⓘ
engagedInRivalryWith Tikal ⓘ
excavatedBy Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Classic Maya style ⓘ
Petén style ⓘ
hasBiome Tropical Rain Forest ⓘ
surface form: Mesoamerican tropical forest
hasConservationStatus partially restored ⓘ
surrounded by protected forest ⓘ
hasDynastyName Kaan ⓘ
Snake dynasty ⓘ
hasEstimatedPopulationPeak over 50,000 inhabitants ⓘ
hasExtendedTerritoryApprox over 70 square kilometres ⓘ
hasFaunaInReserve howler monkey ⓘ
jaguar ⓘ
ocellated turkey ⓘ
ocelot ⓘ
spider monkey ⓘ
hasMaximumPyramidHeightApprox over 45 metres ⓘ
hasNotableStructure Central Plaza ⓘ
E-Group astronomical complex ⓘ
Great Plaza ⓘ
North Acropolis ⓘ
South Acropolis ⓘ
Structure I ⓘ
Structure II ⓘ
hasPrimaryMaterial limestone ⓘ
hasStelaeCountApprox one of the largest concentrations of Maya stelae ⓘ
over 100 ⓘ
hasStructureType acropolis ⓘ
ballcourt ⓘ
palace complex ⓘ
pyramid ⓘ
residential platforms ⓘ
hasUrbanAreaApprox over 2 square kilometres ⓘ
heritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(ix) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
locatedIn Calakmul Biosphere Reserve ⓘ
Campeche state ⓘ
surface form: Campeche

Maya lowlands ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
locatedInEcosystem tropical rainforest ⓘ
locatedInRegion Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
majorPowerFrom circa 6th century CE ⓘ
majorPowerUntil late 8th century CE ⓘ
nearBorderWith Guatemala ⓘ
partOf Calakmul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche
periodOfFlourishing Classic period ⓘ
Late Classic period ⓘ
politicalRole capital of a major Maya kingdom ⓘ
seat of the Kaan (Snake) dynasty ⓘ
reachableFrom Xpujil ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the largest known Maya sites ⓘ
one of the most powerful Classic Maya capitals ⓘ
startDateApprox circa 3rd century BCE ⓘ
surveyedBy Sylvanus G. Morley ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteID 1061 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2002 ⓘ
writingSystem Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ
surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script
yearOfModernDiscovery 1931 ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

Yucatán Peninsula → hasArchaeologicalSite → Calakmul ⓘ
Maya civilization → majorSite → Calakmul ⓘ
Classic period in Mesoamerica → hasMajorCenter → Calakmul ⓘ
Calakmul → partOf → Calakmul self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche
southern Mexico → hasArchaeologicalSite → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
southern Mexico → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Mexico
this entity surface form: Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul
Maya stelae → foundAt → Calakmul ⓘ
Maya → hadMajorCity → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: Maya civilization
Classic period → mainCity → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: Classic period (Maya civilization)
Maya architecture → notableSite → Calakmul ⓘ
Othón P. Blanco Municipality → borders → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calakmul Municipality
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve → locatedInProtectedArea → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calakmul Municipality
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve → namedAfter → Calakmul ⓘ
Maya lowlands → contains → Calakmul ⓘ
Structure I → locatedIn → Calakmul ⓘ
Structure I → associatedWith → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calakmul polity
Structure I → isMajorMonumentAt → Calakmul ⓘ
Structure II → locatedIn → Calakmul ⓘ
Structure II → hasNearbyStructure → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Structure I (Calakmul)
Structure II → hasNearbyStructure → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Structure III (Calakmul)
Structure II → hasNearbyStructure → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Structure IV (Calakmul)
E-Group astronomical complex → locatedIn → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: E-Group astronomical complex at Calakmul
Great Plaza → locatedIn → Calakmul ⓘ
Great Plaza → partOf → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calakmul urban core
Central Plaza → locatedIn → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Plaza (Calakmul)
Central Plaza → formsCoreOf → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Plaza (Calakmul)
this entity surface form: Calakmul civic center
North Acropolis → locatedIn → Calakmul ⓘ
North Acropolis → partOf → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Maya city of Calakmul
Dos Pilas → majorAlly → Calakmul ⓘ
Kaan → associatedWith → Calakmul ⓘ
Kaan → hasCapital → Calakmul ⓘ
Kaan → rivalOf → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tikal
Kaan → politicalCenter → Calakmul ⓘ
Kaan → archaeologicalEvidenceAt → Calakmul ⓘ
Kaan → emblemGlyphUsedAt → Calakmul ⓘ
Snake dynasty → politicalCenter → Calakmul ⓘ
Snake dynasty → locatedIn → Calakmul ⓘ
Snake dynasty → notableSite → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calakmul acropolis
Cyrus Longworth Lundell → discovered → Calakmul ⓘ
Xpujil → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: Calakmul Municipality
Xpujil → hasNearbyArchaeologicalSite → Calakmul ⓘ
South Acropolis → locatedIn → Calakmul ⓘ
South Acropolis → partOf → Calakmul ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient Maya city of Calakmul
Campeche state → contains → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: Campeche
southeastern Mexico → hasArchaeologicalSite → Calakmul ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Mexico
Othón P. Blanco → sharesBorderWith → Calakmul ⓘ