Puuc Maya

E851920

The Puuc Maya were a Late Classic Maya cultural group in the hilly Puuc region of the Yucatán Peninsula, noted for their distinctive stone mosaic architecture and cities such as Uxmal.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ah Canul group 1
Mayapán League 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Late Classic Maya group
Maya cultural group
archaeologicallyIdentifiedBy Puuc ceramic sphere
culturalTradition Puuc architectural school NERFINISHED
developed chultunes
economyBasedOn maize agriculture
rain-fed agriculture
ethnicGroupOf Puuc region NERFINISHED
flourishedInCentury 8th century
9th century
flourishedInPeriod Late Classic period
hadCenter Uxmal NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalSite Kabáh NERFINISHED
Labná NERFINISHED
Sayil NERFINISHED
Uxmal NERFINISHED
Xlapak NERFINISHED
hasMajorCity Kabáh NERFINISHED
Labná NERFINISHED
Sayil NERFINISHED
Uxmal NERFINISHED
Xlapak NERFINISHED
influenced architecture at Chichén Itzá
knownFor Puuc architectural style
colonnettes and latticework in architecture
elaborate friezes
long palace-type buildings
ornate stone facades
stone mosaic architecture
veneer masonry construction
languageFamily Mayan languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Puuc region NERFINISHED
Yucatán Peninsula
northern Maya lowlands
partOf Maya civilization NERFINISHED
politicalOrganization city-states
reachedPeak Terminal Classic period
regionCharacterizedBy low limestone hills
scarcity of surface water
thin soils
regionNowIn Campeche state, Mexico NERFINISHED
Yucatán state, Mexico NERFINISHED
religion Maya religion NERFINISHED
styleNamedAfter Puuc region NERFINISHED
used chultunes for water storage
usedScript Maya hieroglyphic script NERFINISHED

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Cocom Maya associatedWith Puuc Maya
this entity surface form: Mayapán League
Pyramid of the Magician culture Puuc Maya
Oxkintok hasGroup Puuc Maya
this entity surface form: Ah Canul group