Dzibilchaltún: The scorching hot ancient city

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Dzibilchaltun (The Place of the Carved Stones)

21.0924° N, 89.5961° W

Yucatec Maya

Inhabited since at least the pre-classic period (900-600 BCE). Fluorescence in the classic period, beginning around 150 AD, peaking as a regional capital around the 7th or 8th century. Largely abandoned in the 10th century with no new construction although some people continued to live there until the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century and for some decades afterwards. Located just north of Merida, the colonial era capital of the Yucatán. First excavated in the 1940’s by an archeological team based in Tulane university.

Further reading:

Some Archeological Similarities Between Dzibulchaltun and Palenque by E. Wyllys Andrews V
https://www.mesoweb.com/pari/publicat...

(About the 7 dolls themselves:)
On the Origin of American Tuberculosis by PA Mackowiak
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article-...


GEOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE ON MAYA SETTLEMENT PATTERNS OF THE NORTHWEST YUCATAN: AN EXPLANATION FOR THE SPARSELY SETTLED WESTERN CENOTE ZONE by PATRICK C. ROHRER
http://caracol.org/wp-content/uploads...

Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital of the Tizimín region in Yucatán, Mexico by Leslie Knowles
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...