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    Puuc is the name of either a region in the Mexican state of Yucatán or a Maya architectural style prevalent in that region. The word puuc is derived from...
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    Kabaah, Kabáh, Kahbah and Kaba) is a Maya archaeological site in the Puuc region of western Yucatan, south of Mérida. It was incorporated together with...
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    uncommon at Puuc sites. The Chenes style is very similar to the Puuc style, but predates the use of the mosaic façades of the Puuc region. It featured...
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    located in the Puuc region of the western Yucatán Peninsula, and is considered one of the Maya cities most representative of the region's dominant architectural...
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    monumental Puuc style architecture, the partially ruined Grand Palace of Sayil. The site is located in the karst limestone hills of the Puuc region of the...
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    Oxkintok is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the Puuc region of Yucatán state, in southeastern Mexico. The site of Oxkintok is located on the...
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    ceremonial center of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the Puuc Hills region of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is situated to the south of the large...
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    patterns which indicate the presence of traded organic goods. In the Puuc region, more central Mexican obsidian entered and while it does appear to be...
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    Peninsula of southeastern Mexico. It is located in the heart of the Puuc region, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the archaeological site of Labná and...
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    from Terminal Classic Maya sites, with most examples occurring in the Puuc region of Yucatán (Amrhein 2001). Uxmal has the largest collection, with eleven...
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    examples are indicated from Maya civilization sites such as Uxmal and other Puuc region sites of the Yucatán, dating from around the late 9th-century decline...
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  • site in the Puuc region Balamku, archaeological site in central Yucatán Peninsula Balamtun, archaeological site in the Petén Basin region Casa Na Bolom...
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    architectural styles, reminiscent of styles seen in central Mexico and of the Puuc and Chenes styles of the Northern Maya lowlands. The presence of central...
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    Kiuic is a Maya archaeological site in the Puuc region of Yucatán, Mexico. Kiuic (/kjuˈiːk/ kyoo-EEK) was a Maya city of the Late and Terminal Maya Classic...
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    Classic and early Postclassic periods of Mesoamerica between the Puuc and Chenes region. This location in the transition zone of both regions makes Tohcok...
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    ancient archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the Puuc region of Campeche in Mexico, near the city of Hopelchén. The ancient settlement...
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    April 2016. Andrews, George F. (1990) [1984]. "Architectural survey Puuc region : 1984 field season. Volume I" (PDF). Austin, Texas: University of Texas...
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    was made with stone from Rajasthan, similar to the stone found in the Puuc region of Yucatán, and worked by expert Indian stonecutters. The project was...
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    structure in the Maya ruin complex of Uxmal. Uxmal is located in the Puuc region of Mexico and was one of the largest cities on the Yucatán Peninsula...
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  • here. Relief columns flanking doorways in public buildings from the Puuc region (northwestern Yucatan) and similar in decoration to stelas. Altars, rounded...
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  • Canyon. Later pueblos used mud bricks (adobe) for the veneer. In the Puuc region, and as far south as at least Tikal, the Mayans developed core-and-veneer...
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    did early examinations and excavations of several sites in the Maya Puuc region, including Loltun and Labná; at the latter site publishing a monograph...
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    non-Maya calendrical glyphs. Stelae at Oxkintok, to the north in the Puuc region of the Yucatán Peninsula, divided the face of the stela into up to three...
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  • study Maya caves: Caves: Register of Prehispanic Cultures Evidence in Puuc Region, 1997, and The cult of the cenotes in the centre of the Yucatan. In 2008...
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    archaeological sites including: Uxmal, Kabah, Nohpat, Xcoh and Mul chic (Puuc Region). "Presidente Municipal" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: PRI. 2012. Retrieved...
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    the Petén region. Examples are known from minor structures at Tikal but the closest corresponding architecture comes from the Puuc region of the northern...
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    hills: Classic Maya settlement patterns and political iconography in the Puuc region, Mexico. Ancient Mesoamerica, 5(1), 63-95. Sprajc, I. (2015). Governor's...
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    pre-Columbian times when the development of the Mayan culture began in the Puuc area; This is attested to by the archaeological sites of Chacmultún, Canahaltún...
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    rise to prominence of Puuc settlements in the northern Maya lowlands, so named after the hills where they are mainly found. Puuc settlements are specifically...
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    chacmools, Atlantean figures, Quetzalcoatl designs. So named after the Puuc hills in which this style developed and flourished during the latter portion...
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