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Ake (or Aké in Spanish orthography) is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization.[1]

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  1. 14 relations: Archaeological site, Frederick Catherwood, Haciendas of Yucatán, Izamal, John Lloyd Stephens, Maya civilization, Mérida, Yucatán, Mesoamerican chronology, Mexico, Pre-Columbian era, Sacbe, Tixkokob Municipality, Yucatán, Yucatec Maya language.

  2. 1840s archaeological discoveries
  3. Maya sites in Yucatán
  4. Tourism in Mexico

Archaeological site

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Frederick Catherwood

Frederick Catherwood (27 February 1799 – 27 September 1854) was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization.

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Haciendas of Yucatán

Haciendas of Yucatán were agricultural organizations that emerged primarily in the 18th century.

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Izamal

Izamal is a small city in the Mexican state of Yucatán, east of state capital Mérida, in southern Mexico. Ake and Izamal are Former populated places in Mexico and maya sites in Yucatán.

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John Lloyd Stephens

John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805October 13, 1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat.

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Maya civilization

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. Ake and Maya civilization are maya sites.

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Mérida, Yucatán

Mérida is the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, and the largest city in southeastern Mexico.

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Mesoamerican chronology

Mesoamerican chronology divides the history of prehispanic Mesoamerica into several periods: the Paleo-Indian (first human habitation until 3500 BCE); the Archaic (before 2600 BCE), the Preclassic or Formative (2500 BCE – 250 CE), the Classic (250–900 CE), and the Postclassic; as well as the post European contact Colonial Period (1521–1821), and Postcolonial, or the period after independence from Spain (1821–present).

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Pre-Columbian era

In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492.

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Sacbe

A sacbe, plural sacbeob (Yucatec Maya: singular sakbej, plural sakbejo'ob), or "white road", is a raised paved road built by the Maya civilization of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

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Tixkokob Municipality

Tixkokob Municipality (In the Yucatec Maya Language: “Place of the poisonous snakes”) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán.

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Yucatán

Yucatán (also,,; Yúukatan), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Yucatán (Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

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Yucatec Maya language

Yucatec Maya (referred to by its speakers simply as Maya or as maaya t’aan) is a Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, including part of northern Belize.

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See also

1840s archaeological discoveries

Maya sites in Yucatán

Tourism in Mexico

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ake