Hunal temple

E671721

Maya temple archaeological feature ceremonial structure

Hunal temple is an early Maya ceremonial structure at the Copán archaeological site in Honduras, notable for its association with the dynasty’s founding ruler and its role in the development of later monumental architecture there.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hunal tomb	1
Yehnal temple	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Maya temple ⓘ archaeological feature ⓘ ceremonial structure ⓘ
associatedWith	Copán dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ NERFINISHED ⓘ founding ruler of Copán ⓘ
chronologicalPosition	early Classic period ⓘ early Copán architectural phase ⓘ
civilization	Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Honduras ⓘ
culture	Classic Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Maya deities ⓘ
excavatedBy	archaeologists at Copán ⓘ
function	ceremonial use ⓘ ritual activities ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance	important for understanding architectural sequence at Copán ⓘ key evidence for early Copán dynastic history ⓘ
heritageContext	pre-Columbian site ⓘ
locatedIn	Copán NERFINISHED ⓘ Copán Department NERFINISHED ⓘ Copán archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesoamerica NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Hunal phase at Copán NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	acropolis of Copán NERFINISHED ⓘ core ceremonial precinct of Copán ⓘ
religiousTradition	Maya religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInSiteDevelopment	foundation for later temple constructions ⓘ precursor to later monumental architecture at Copán ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Temple 16 → hasSubstructure → Hunal temple ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yehnal temple

Kʼinich Yax Kʼukʼ Moʼ → burialPlace → Hunal temple ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hunal tomb