10th-century disestablishments in the Maya civilization

Tikal (; in modern Mayan orthography) is the ruin of an ancient city, which was likely to have been called Yax Mutal, found in a rainforest in Guatemala. It is one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centers of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. It is located in the archaeological region of the Petén Basin in what is now the Petén Department in northern Guatemala. The site is part of Guatemala's Tikal National Park, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

pre-Columbian Maya settlement

archaeological site

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archaeological site in Petén Department, Guatemala

Yaxuna is a Maya archaeological site in the municipality of Yaxcabá in Yucatán, Mexico. thumb | 220x124px | right | alt= A tourist’s photo: angled towards us is a pyramid-like Mayan structure made out of stones with grass growing out of the stones. The sky is blue with clouds on the left. | View of Yaxuna archeological site The settlement had a long continuous occupation running from the Middle Formative Period through the Postclassic. The Late Formative saw the construction of a number of triadic architectural groups linked with roads running north to south. Some of the larger pyramids were

Itzan is a Maya archaeological site located in the municipality of La Libertad in the Petén Department of Guatemala. Various small structures at the site were destroyed in the 1980s during oil exploration activities by Sonpetrol and Basic Resources Ltd, prompting rescue excavations by archaeologists. In spite of its small size, the site appears to have been the most politically important centre in its area, as evidenced by its unusually large quantity of monuments and the size of its major architecture.

Maya kingdom from the Classic period ruled by the Kaanu'l dynasty of Dzibanche