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Uaxactun (pronounced Wash-ak-toon) is an ancient ruin of the Maya civilization, located in the Peten department of Guatemala, some 40 km (25 miles) north of Tikal. The name is sometimes spelled as Waxaktun. The Maya are people of southern Mexico and northern Central America (Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador) with some 3,000 years of history. ...
El Petén is a department of the nation of Guatemala. ...
Tikal is the largest of the ancient ruined cities of the Maya civilization. ...
Since the decipherment of the ancient Maya heiroglyphic writing, it was discovered that the ancient name for this site was Siaan K’aan or "Born in Heaven". The name "Uaxactun" was given to the site by its rediscoverer, United States archeologist Sylvanus Morley, in May of 1916. He coined the name from Maya words to mean "Eight Stone". The name has two meanings; the Morley's stated reason for the name was to commemorate it as the first site where an inscription dating from the 8th Baktun of the Maya calendar was discovered (making it then the earliest known Maya date). The other meaning is a pun, since "Uaxactun" sounds like "Washington", the U.S. Capital and home of the Carnegie Institute which funded Morley's explorations. 1916 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
The Maya calendar is a system of complex and highly developed calendars created by the Maya Civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. ...
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C. (short for, District of Columbia), Washington, the Nations Capital, the District or, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America. ...
The Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) is a foundation established by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 to support scientific research. ...
Morley's initial investigation the site mostly focused on the heiroglyphic inscriptions, after this Uaxactun was not visited again until 1924, when Frans Blom made a more detailed investigation of the structures and mapped the site. 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Carnegie Institution conducted archeological excavations here from 1926 through 1937, led by Oliver Ricketson. The excavations added greatly to knowledge of the early Classic and pre-Classic Maya. The remains of several badly ruined late Classic era temple-pyramids were removed, revealing well preserved earlier temples underneath them. 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Mesoamerican chronology The chronology of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica is usually divided into the following eras: Paleo-Indian Period c. ...
For most of the Carnegie team's time at Uaxactun, communication with the outside world was via a 4 day mule convoy to El Cayo, British Honduras. Towards the end of the time an airstrip was opened up. Flights to Uaxactun continued and a small village grew here, as it became a center for gathering of chicle sap from the Peten jungle. In its common modern meaning, a mule is the offspring of a male donkey and a female horse. ...
San Ignacio Cayo is a town in the west of the nation of Belize; it is capital of Belizes Cayo District. ...
Belize is a small nation on the eastern coast of Central America, on the Caribbean Sea bordering Mexico to the northwest and Guatemala to the west and south. ...
Binomial name Manilkara chicle (Pittier) Gilly Chicle is the gum from Manilkara chicle, a species of sapodilla tree. ...
In 1940 A.L. Smith and Ed Shook of the Carnegie project returned to make some additional excavations. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In the late 1970s a rough road was opened up, connecting Uaxactun to Tikal and thence to Flores, Guatemala. Airflights were discontinued. In 1984 the road was much improved. Flores is the capital city of El Petén department of Guatemala. ...
1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Shook returned again in 1974 to oversee consoladation and restoration of some architecture excavated earlier.
In 1982 Guatemala's Tikal National Park was expanded to included the ruins of Uaxactun within its protected area.
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