an architectural style (Río Bec Style) that first appeared at Río Bec and subsequently spread to other nearby sites. The Río Bec Style is closely related...

any practical function. Such false towers are only found in the Río Bec region. Río Bec sites include Chicanná, Hormiguero, and Xpuhil. The Usumacinta...

the building styles in that period (an example of this is Tulum). The Río Bec and Chennes sites are some of the most recent found in Mexico. Most of...

with its stunning detailed buildings. Its buildings have features of the Río Bec, Chenes and even the Puuc style from the north. It does not have large...

Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Rio de Janeiro, often referred to as simply Rio Rio do Sul, a town in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil Río Bec,...

some group scenes are known from Río Bec. The most commonly represented subjects are human figures and heads. At Río Bec, warlike imagery is lacking, although...

upon a region in the north of Campeche state, lying between the Puuc and Río Bec regions. Those structures with sculpted hieroglyphic script are concentrated...

estimate due to the architectural variations between this site and other Río Bec style settlements. After centuries of abandonment, Xpuhil was rediscovered...

Smithsonian Institution, Washington 1900. Gendrop, Paul, Los estilos Río Bec, Chenes y Puuc en la arquitectura maya. Mexico: UNAM (División de Estudios...

in the municipality include: Calakmul, Becán, Chicanna, El Hormiguero, Río Bec and Xpuhil. The Calakmul Biosphere Reserve also covers much of its southern...

Yucatán Peninsula in the state of Quintana Roo about 25 km east of the Rio Bec region, and about 65 km west of Chetumal on Highway 186, and 9 km south...

ceremonial structures are similar to those found in Tikal and the towers of Río Bec. There are seven principal structures surrounded by numerous smaller ones...

Chicanná, Chunlimón, Edzná, Isla de Jaina, Lagunita, the Petén Basin, Río Bec, Isla Uaymil, Xculoc, Xpuhil, and Xtampak. These sites are less visited...

Nadzca'an is divided into three architectural groups named Ah Kin, Chi'ik and Río Bec, which host two plazas, a ball court and several monumental buildings....

Quemada Quiahuiztlan El Quirambal Remojadas El Resbalon El Retiro El Rey Río Bec Río Michol Sabacche Sabakalal Sacchana San Andrés (Mesoamerican site) San...

Central Lowlands as encompassing 'most of the Petén, Belize, and usually the Río Bec region of southern Campeche' (Carrasco 2006, article 'Northern Maya Lowlands'...

Quintana Roo, Mexico Río Amarillo Copán Department, Honduras Río Azul Petén Department, Guatemala Río Bec Campeche, Mexico Río Michol Chiapas, Mexico...

dramatically and many large new buildings were constructed, mostly in the Rio Bec style of Maya architecture. Construction of major buildings and elite monuments...

(Structure 60-3 and 60-4), all arranged around two plazas: East Plaza and Plaza Río Bec. The East Plaza was associated with the residences of the elite and was...

architectural style of the Chenes region, although some elements of the Río Bec style have also been identified in the structures. In the core of the site...

towers crowned by false temples, with simulated stairways, typical of the Río Bec style. Structures V and VI. These form a pyramid-temple complex at both...

of Z fine orange ware, and slate wares. In addition, Puuc, Chenes, and Rio Bec began to develop distinct styles. The Transition period 900 A.D. to 987...

Balamku has more in common with the Petén tradition to the south, although Río Bec influences are also evident. Balamku was occupied from about 300 BC, in...

Ancient Mesoamerica 5(1):63–95. Cambridge, England. Gendrop, Paul 1998 Rio Bec, Chenes, and Puuc Styles in Maya Architecture. Labyrinthos. 239 p., Culver...

second occurred during the Late Classic period due to the influence of the Río Bec region of Campeche. El Paredón complex includes a large stone wall dating...

located in the lowlands of the Yucatán Peninsula, between the regions of Rio Bec and Chenes. There are some significant differences that have yet to be...

prominent Maya cities in the region, such as Calakmul and the cities of the Río Bec zone. The Kejache are likely to have occupied the Petén region of what...

Cancuen, Quiriguá, Uxmal, Toniná, Classic Veracruz Culture, Puuc style, Rio Bec style, Cobá, Yaxchilan Lintel 24 Post-Classic AD 900–1519 Maya Itzá, Chichen...

excavated building at the site and one of the most wildly theatrical of all Rio Bec buildings. It is a rectangular platform, with two soaring, false-staircase...

Turner, B.L. II. 1983. Beneath the Forest: Prehistoric Terracing in the Rio Bec Region of the Maya Lowlands. Boulder: Westview Press. Turner, B.L. II and...