Nohmul
Sign in to saveAlso known as Noh Mul
Nohmul (or Noh Mul) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located on the eastern Yucatán Peninsula, in what is today northern Belize. The name Nohmul may be translated as "great mound" in Yucatec Maya. It is the most important Maya site in northern Belize. The site included a large pyramid, about tall, built around 250 BC. Most of the pyramid was destroyed in May 2013 by contractors tearing it apart for rocks and gravel to use to fill roads, leaving only the core of the pyramid behind.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Nohmul
- Ancient site.image_size
- 200px
- Ancient site.map_type
- Belize
- Ancient site.map_caption
- Location in Belize
- Ancient site.location
- San Pablo, Orange Walk District, Belize
- Ancient site.region
- Orange Walk District
- Ancient site.built
- c. 350 BC to 250 AD
- Ancient site.abandoned
- after 10th century
- Ancient site.epochs
- Construction 7th to 10th centuries
- Ancient site.cultures
- Maya
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 35
- Image
- 1985. Red-painted Plaster Floor "Turn-Up" at Nohmul.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- Commons category
- Nohmul
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~6 min read
Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Site description
- Archaeology
- 2013 damage
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Nohmul (or Noh Mul) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located on the eastern Yucatán Peninsula, in what is today northern Belize. The name Nohmul may be translated as "great mound" in Yucatec Maya. It is the most important Maya site in northern Belize. The site included a large pyramid, about tall, built around 250 BC. Most of the pyramid was destroyed in May 2013 by contractors tearing it apart for rocks and gravel to use to fill roads, leaving only the core of the pyramid behind.
==History== Nohmul was occupied initially during the Preclassic era of Mesoamerican chronology (c. to ). By the 5th century, monumental construction at the site had effectively ceased and the site seems to have been largely abandoned save for some scattered rural-domestic activities. After a hiatus in construction activities of several centuries, Nohmul was reoccupied and large-scale building resumed, with maximal activity seen during the Late Classic era (c. 7th–10th centuries). The site was densely developed and occupied into the 12th century.
On the map
2 mapped locations