Puuc hills (Los Puuc)

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cultural region geographical region hill region

Puuc hills (Los Puuc) is a low, hilly region in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico known for its concentration of Late Classic Maya cities and the distinctive Puuc architectural style.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Puuc hills 1
Ruta Puuc 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
hill region ⓘ
architecturalFeature colonnettes ⓘ
elaborate stone masks of the rain god Chaac ⓘ
long palace-type buildings ⓘ
mosaic stone façades ⓘ
architecturalStyle Puuc style NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Maya peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate tropical subhumid ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalPeriod Late Classic Maya period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAgriculturalCondition seasonal water scarcity ⓘ
thin soils ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Chacmultún NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hacienda Yaxcopoil area sites NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kabah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Labná NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mulchic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nohpat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oxkintok NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sayil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uxmal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xlapak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yaxhom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameInMayanLanguage Puuc NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameInSpanish Los Puuc NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTourismRoute Ruta Puuc NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageSignificance important Maya archaeological landscape ⓘ
knownFor Puuc architectural style NERFINISHED ⓘ
concentration of Late Classic Maya cities ⓘ
languageOfToponym Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
southeastern Mexico ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory state of Campeche NERFINISHED ⓘ
state of Yucatán NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInOrNearby northern Maya lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
meaningOfName hill or range of hills ⓘ
nearbyModernCity Mérida, Yucatán NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Maya area ⓘ
peakOccupationPeriod 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
terrainFeature karstic uplands ⓘ
timeDepthOfOccupation Preclassic to Postclassic periods ⓘ
topography low hills ⓘ
vegetation tropical dry forest ⓘ
waterManagementFeature artificial reservoirs ⓘ
chultunes ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Puuc style → associatedRegionNameOrigin → Puuc hills (Los Puuc) ⓘ
Puuc region → hasTouristRoute → Puuc hills (Los Puuc) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruta Puuc
Kabah → locatedInGeographicalFeature → Puuc hills (Los Puuc) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Puuc hills