UXMAL

ooshmälˈ, ooz–, ancient city, northern Yucatán peninsula, Mexico. A Late Classic period Maya center situated in the Puuc hills, Uxmal flourished between 600 and 900. It is one of the finest expressions of Maya architecture known as the Puuc style. The site has such impressive structures as the unique Pyramid of the Magician; the Nunnery, with elaborately decorated facades of stone mosaic friezes; and the Governor's Palace (320 ft/98 m long, 40 ft/12.2 m wide, and 26 ft/8.9 m high), with some 20,000 carved stone elements in its facade. The site was abandoned shortly after 950 but was reoccupied briefly in the 15th cent. by the Xiu, a Mexican group who soon abandoned the site after wresting power from the Cocom Itzá at Mayapán.

See studies in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, ed. by R. Wauchope (13 vol., 1964–73); M. P. Weaver, The Aztecs, Maya, and Their Predecessors (1972).

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books on: Uxmal  - 164 results

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Mesoamerican Architecture as a Cultural Symbol
Book by Jeff Karl Kowalski; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Architectural Design--Central America, Architectural Design--Mexico, Indian Architecture--Central America, Indian Architecture--Mexico, Mexico--Antiquities, Symbolism In Architecture--Latin America, Symbolism In Architecture--Mexico
...the Puuc cities e.g., Kabah, Nohpat, Uxmal confederated in a regional state centered at Uxmal Freidel 1992a; Dunning and Kowalski 1994...upper hand and the Puuc centers, including Uxmal, succumbed between about A.D. 925-975...
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The Ancient Sun Kingdoms of the Americas
Book by Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen, Alberto Beltrán; World Publishing, 1961
Subjects: Aztecs, Incas, Mayas--Antiquities
...written, recitative, and traditional. Uxmal was part of the League of Mayapan. It...Ah Suytok Tutul Xiu was established in Uxmal." There was a time when archaeologists...interior for the dry, coastal Yucatan. Uxmal was a city of the Maya renaissance. The...
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Ancient Civilizations of the New World
Book by Richard E. W. Adams; Westview Press, 1997
Subjects: Central America--Antiquities, Indians Of Central America--Antiquities, Indians Of Mexico--Antiquities, Indians Of South America--Antiquities, Mexico--Antiquities, South America--Antiquities
...another in the northwest had its capital at Uxmal. The Coba Regional State was successful...states and at about the same time. The Puuc Uxmal Regional State, however, appears to have...centers became very large cities, especially Uxmal and its linked subordinates such as Kabah...
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Maya Cities
Book by Paul Rivet, Miriam Kochan, Lionel Kochan; Elek Books, 1960
Subjects: Mayas
...Empire, 38 - 40 New Year ceremony, 80 Nocuchich, 202 Northern Group Uxmal , 140 , 161 North-West Group Uxmal , 140 , 161 Numbers, Mayan, 66 - 67 Nunnery Quadrangle Uxmal , 140 , 142 Ocosingo, 14 Old Empire, 35 - 38 Old Woman, House of Uxmal...
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Romancing the Maya: Mexican Antiquity in the American Imagination, 1820-1915
Book by R. Tripp Evans; University of Texas Press, 2004
Subjects: Archaeological Expeditions--Mexico--History, Architecture--Mexico--Attribution, Catherwood, Frederick, Charnay, Desire--1828-1915, Cultural Property--Mexico, Le Plongeon, Alice D--(Alice Dixon)--1851-1910, Le Plongeon, Augustus--1826-1908, Maya Architecture--Mexico, Mayas In Popular Culture, Mayas--Antiquities, Mayas--Middle Eastern Influences, Mayas--Transatlantic Influences, Mexico--Antiquities, Smith, Joseph--1805-1844, Stephens, John Lloyd--1805-1852
...Waldeck, Temple of the Magician figure, Uxmal, 38 1.20 Waldeck, figure from Palenque...elevation of Le Pyramide de Kingsborough, Uxmal, 41 1.23 Waldeck, plan of Le Pyramide de Kingsborough, Uxmal, 41 1 1.24 Etienne-Louis Boull6e...
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The American Traveller
Journal article by Richard O'Mara; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 74, 1998
Subjects: Books, Mayan civilization, Personal profiles, Stephens, John Lloyd (1805-52), Writers
...stone metropolises of Copan, Palenque, Uxmal, Chichen-Itza, and something of the...born and raised in Yucatan, wrote about Uxmal, which he had seen, and Col. Juan Galindo...trekked west to Palenque in Chiapas, up to Uxmal and then to Chichen-Itza. Through the...
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Landscapes of Indifference: Robert Smithson and John Lloyd Stephens in Yucatan
Journal article by Jennifer L. Roberts; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 82, 2000
Subjects: Art, Art criticism, Culture, Expeditions, Smithson, Robert, Stephens, John Lloyd (1805-52), Visual artists, Yucatan Mexico
...the exterior of the Casa de las Monjas at Uxmal (Fig. 4), for example, the Indians...series of Overturned Rocks at Palenque and Uxmal (Fig. 12), a group of root and rock...Hypothetical Continent of Gondwanaland at Uxmal, and a set of slides shot at the Hotel...
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Circles of Creation: the Invention of Maya Cartography in Early Colonial Yucatán
Journal article by Amara L. Solari; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 92, 2010
Subjects: Community, Composition, Maps
...the impressive pre-Columbian city of Uxmal. which the expedition team had visited...supervising the establishment of the border near Uxmal). it is unlikely that tlu-se colonists...Interestingly, even the pre-Columbian city of Uxmal is given an idiosyncrating glyph; in fact...
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Mario Bencastro's Diaspora: Salvadorans and Transnational Identity
Journal article by Linda J. Craft; MELUS, Vol. 30, 2005
Subjects: Bencastro, Mario--Criticism and interpretation, Bencastro, Mario--Works, Ethnic identity--Analysis, Ethnicity--Analysis, Hispanic American authors--Criticism and interpretation, Hispanic American authors--Works, Hispanic American writers--Criticism and interpretation, Hispanic American writers--Works, Odyssey to the North (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Salvadorans--Portrayals, Salvadorans--Social aspects
...artisans, builders of temples and pyramids, poets and warriors, who belonged to the Mayan civilization which extended from Uxmal and Chichen Itza in Yucatan, Mexico to Tikal, Copan, and Tazumal in Central America" (39). Rogelios personal story mirrors...
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Hijas De la Malinche: Contemporary Representations of "El Buen O El Mal Salvaje"
Journal article by Susan Briante; Bilingual Review, Vol. 24, 1999
Subjects: American literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Cisneros, Sandra--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Garro, Elena--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Latin American literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Native Americans--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...between a female narrator (of Mexican heritage and descending from the first generation living in the United States) and Chaq Uxmal Paloquin, a man who claims he descends from "an ancient line of Mayan kings." He is initially identified with the "noble...
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Chichen Itza: A Place of Wonder by Any Measure, This Architectural Complex on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula Expresses the Worldview of the Maya with Mathematical Precision
Magazine article by Adriana Herrera; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 60, January 2008
Subjects: Architecture, El Castillo (Chichen Itza, Mexico)--Description and travel, El Castillo (Chichen Itza, Mexico)--Personal narratives, Mayan culture, Mayas--History, Mayas--Works
...their activity, abandoning centers such as Uxmal to the encroaching vegetation. Different...was never a religious center--while in Uxmal, the Tutul Xiu had established themselves...Nicte, or Blanca Flor, to Ulill, lord of Uxmal. Over time, this episode has given rise...
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When the Land Is Worn out : Last Days of the Maya Campesino
Magazine article by Teake Zuidima; World and I, Vol. 18, June 2003
Subjects: Corn breeding, Corn--Breeding, Crop losses--Economic aspects, Crop losses--Environmental aspects, Farmers--Economic aspects, Farmers--Environmental aspects, Mayas--Economic aspects, Mayas--Environmental aspects, Mayas--History, Mayas--Religious aspects, Subsistence economy, Yucatan Peninsula--Economic aspects, Yucatan Peninsula--Environmental aspects
...remarkably little since the heyday of the great Mayan cities of Uxmal and ChichAn Itzc. In the fall the farmer cuts down five to...better life. Their ancestors once built the mighty cities of Uxmal, Tulum, and ChichAn Itzc. Today the Mayas are building the...
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Rockefeller's Spirited Wing
Magazine article by Joyce Gregory Wyels; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 51, September 1999
Subjects: Latin Americans--Art, Museums--Information services, Rockefeller, Nelson A.--Contributions, gifts, etc., San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas--Information services
...three rooms in the pre-Columbian gallery, for example, you walk through a corbeled Maya arch as though entering a temple at Uxmal or Palenque. Post-and-lintel construction complements the folk art displays; Romanesque arches transport visitors to the...
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Armchair Travel
Magazine article by Wallys W. Conhaim; Information Today, Vol. 20, May 2003
Subjects: Travel, United States, Web sites
...edu) is beginning a cultural digital library of world heritage sites. The current collection includes a Mayan site called Uxmal in the Yucatan Peninsula and Angel Mounds, a Native American site in Indiana. Also in Indiana is the Bone Bank Archeological...
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Merida: First Place in Culture
Magazine article by Maria Teresa Mezquita Mendez; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 52, May 2000
Subjects: Cultural policy--Political aspects, Culture--Study and teaching, Mayas--Antiquities, Organization of American States--Social aspects
...alone adds up to more than sixteen hundred sites, are the important pre-Hispanic complexes of Chichen Itza, Mayapan, and Uxmal. In January the inauguration of Meridas year as American Capital of Culture was celebrated with diverse cultural activities...
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Mayan Mysteries Shimmer in Merida; White City Reflects Duality in Culture
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 5, 2005
...years, the Maya retreated to the cave. UXMAL Our next stops are three small, independent Mayan cities once ruled by majestic Uxmal, with its 40,000 inhabitants. All three...the tombs and the quadrangle. Grandiose Uxmal, founded in 400 B.C., once rivaled...
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Calderon Condemns Border Fence; Pushes Bush to Reassess Priorities
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 14, 2007
Subjects: Border security--Laws, regulations and rules, Emigration and immigration--Laws, regulations and rules
...Mr. Bush flew by helicopter to tour Uxmal, one of the best-preserved Mayan ruins...tiny group of protesters gathered near Uxmal, with a banner along the highway reading...Mexico, before visiting Mayan ruins in Uxmal. Mr. Calderon told Mr. Bush that better...
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Travelnews
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), January 16, 2010
...around 1200 AD, when great stone cities such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal were abandoned. The Mayans didnt simply disappear (or fly...Yucatan in south-east Mexico. This is where Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Tulum (near the major resort of Cancun) and other lesser...
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Late Deals
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), February 19, 2011
Subjects: Hayes and Jarvis (Travel) Ltd., Travel industry
...or 26 for pounds 1782, incl Pyramids of Sun and Moon, Teotitlan del Valle, Sierra Madre, and Mayan remains at Palenque, Uxmal and Chichen Itza. Package incl flights, transfers, guide, sightseeing, all entrance fees. NAMIBIAN WILDERNESS: Bales...
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Mexico 31 -- Italy 45; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 2, 2011
...on the list, a total of 31. The country is perhaps best known for its Pre-Hispanic Mayan cities such as Chichen Itza and Uxmal in Yucatan and Teotihuacan, in the State Of Mexico. Ireland has two Unesco sites. In Co. Meath along the River Boyne, the...
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encyclopedia articles on: Uxmal  - 6 results

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Uxmal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
UXMAL ooshmal , ooz , ancient city, northern Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. A Late Classic period Maya center situated in the Puuc hills, Uxmal flourished between 600 and 900. It is one of the finest expressions of Maya...
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Pre-Columbian Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Negras and Palenque ; and the cities of central and N Yucatan ( Uxmal ). In the valley of the Motagua River to the south are Copan...stone stelae was largely abandoned, and decoration, notably at Uxmal, became geometric. The cause of the collapse of the Maya civilization...
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Maya , Indigenous People of Mexico and Central America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Honduras, El Mirador, Piedras Negras , Tikal , and Uaxactun in the N central Peten region of Guatemala, and Palenque and Uxmal in Mexico. Neither during the Classic period nor at any other time does there seem to have been any political unification of...
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MÉrida , City, Mexico
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...henequen (see sisal hemp ) from the surrounding region, and on tourists visiting nearby Mayan ruins, notably Chichen Itza and Uxmal . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Quetzalcoatl
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in the 10th cent. under the leadership of Kulkulcan, a historical figure, occupied Chichen Itza and founded the cities of Uxmal and Mayapan. Although probably assimilated into the Maya culture by this time, the invaders still employed Mexican architectural...
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