Dzibilchaltun

Also known as Ts'íibil Cháaltun

thumb|Archway of the Temple of the 7 Doll thumb|270px|Ruins of the colonial Capilla Abierta|open chapel thumb|270px|Cenote at Dzibilchaltun Dzibilchaltún (, ) is a Maya archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatán, approximately north of the state capital of Mérida. The original name for the site may have been Ch'iy Chan Ti'Ho.

Key facts

Ancient site.name: Dzibilchaltún
Ancient site.image: Dzibilchaltun, Temple of the Seven Dolls (14363090911).jpg
Ancient site.image_size: 240px
Ancient site.alt: Dzibilchaltún
Ancient site.caption: Temple of the Seven Dolls at Dzibilchaltun
Ancient site.map_type: Mesoamerica
Ancient site.map_alt: Dzibilchaltún
Ancient site.map_caption: Location within Mesoamerica
Ancient site.map_size: 240
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.location: Yucatán, Mexico
Ancient site.region: Yucatán
Ancient site.cultures: Maya civilization
Ancient site.mapframe: yes
Ancient site.mapframe wikidata: yes
Ancient site.mapframe zoom: 12
Ancient site.mapframe marker: park
Ancient site.mapframe frame width: 240

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections

Contents

Location
Overview
Architecture
Surroundings
National park
See also
References
External links

==Location== In the view of modern researchers, the ancient builders of Dzibilchaltún may have chosen the site of the city to be as close as possible to the coastal salt-producing region (about away), while still being located on a reasonably fertile and habitable terrain. The region between Dzibilchaltún and the sea coast is less suitable for human habitation, being either mangrove swamps or bare rock.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dzibilchaltun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.