Cobá archaeological site

E854976

ancient Maya city archaeological site

The Cobá archaeological site is a large ancient Maya city in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its extensive network of sacbeob (raised stone roads) and impressive temple pyramids amid dense jungle.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Cobá archaeological zone	2
Cobá ruins	1
Quintana Roo archaeological zone of Cobá	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Maya city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedBy	Postclassic period ⓘ
civilization	Maya civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
discoveredByScholars	early 20th century ⓘ
earliestOccupation	Preclassic period ⓘ
environment	tropical lowland forest ⓘ
excavationBegan	1970s ⓘ
firstReportedBy	Alfred Tozzer NERFINISHED ⓘ Teobert Maler NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Late Classic period ⓘ c. 600–900 CE ⓘ
hasFeature	ball courts ⓘ causeways ⓘ dense jungle surroundings ⓘ lakes ⓘ raised stone roads ⓘ sacbeob ⓘ stelae ⓘ temple pyramids ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionTo	Yaxuná NERFINISHED ⓘ other Maya settlements in the region ⓘ
hasStructure	Grupo Coba NERFINISHED ⓘ Grupo Macanxoc NERFINISHED ⓘ Grupo Pinturas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ixmoja temple NERFINISHED ⓘ La Iglesia pyramid NERFINISHED ⓘ Nohoch Mul pyramid NERFINISHED ⓘ ball court structures ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected archaeological zone of Mexico ⓘ
highestStructure	Nohoch Mul pyramid NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Nohoch Mul pyramid NERFINISHED ⓘ epigraphic monuments ⓘ extensive network of sacbeob ⓘ large size of the ancient city ⓘ
locatedIn	Quintana Roo NERFINISHED ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
locatedNear	Caribbean coast of Mexico ⓘ Tulum NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	limestone ⓘ
maximumHeight	about 137 feet ⓘ about 42 meters ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Lake Coba NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Macanxoc NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfSacbeob	more than 40 documented sacbeob GENERATED ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
region	Maya Lowlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
sacbeobTotalLength	over 100 kilometers ⓘ
timePeriod	Classic period of Maya civilization ⓘ
tourismActivity	cultural tourism ⓘ ecotourism ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Lake Macanxoc → adjacentTo → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

Grupo Cobá → associatedWith → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

Lake Cobá → borders → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

Grupo Nohoch Mul → heritageSiteWithin → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

Archaeological Monuments Zone of Mexico → includes → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cobá archaeological zone

Grupo Las Pinturas → isTouristAttractionIn → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

Grupo Las Pinturas → locatedIn → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

Nohoch Mul pyramid → locatedIn → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

Lake Macanxoc → locatedInProtectedArea → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quintana Roo archaeological zone of Cobá

Lake Cobá → locatedNear → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cobá ruins

Grupo Las Pinturas → partOf → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

Nohoch Mul pyramid → partOf → Cobá archaeological site ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cobá archaeological zone