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	Uaxactun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uaxactun (pronounced Wash-ak-toon) is an ancient ruin of the Maya civilization, located in the Peten department of Guatemala, some 40 km (25 miles) north of Tikal.
		The name "Uaxactun" was given to the site by its rediscoverer, United States archeologist Sylvanus Morley, in May of 1916.
		Flights to Uaxactun continued and a small village grew here, as it became a center for gathering of chicle sap from the Peten jungle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uaxactun (394 words)

	Uaxactun -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The name "Uaxactun" was given to the site by its rediscoverer, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States archeologist Sylvanus Morley, in May of 1916.
		The other meaning is a pun, since "Uaxactun" sounds like " (A state in northwestern United States on the Pacific) Washington", the U.S. Capital and home of the (Click link for more info and facts about Carnegie Institute) Carnegie Institute which funded Morley's explorations.
		Flights to Uaxactun continued and a small village grew here, as it became a center for gathering of (Gum-like substance from the sapodilla) chicle sap from the Peten jungle.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/U/Ua/Uaxactun.htm (387 words)

	Photos from Uaxactun
		Research conducted at Uaxactun from 1926 to 1937 established the basic cultural chronology for the central lowlands and was used as the starting point for almost all other chronological sequences in the region.
		Photos: Uaxactun is notable for an archaeological complex known as an "E Group" which was first identified here and served as a kind of astronomical observatory for marking the equinox and solstice paths of the sun.
		Such a complex takes its name from Uaxactun Structure E-VII-sub, an early classic structure dating from approximately 200 A.D. E-Groups were quite common in the area during the early classic: other examples are found at Calakmul, Tikal, and elsewhere.
	mayaruins.com /uaxactun.html (245 words)

	GUATEMALA: Flores, Tikal, Uaxactun & Ceibal
		Uaxactun: In many ways, Uaxactun is considered a primitive, miniature version of Tikal, with groups of temples and palace structures.
		Two large stucco faces flank the stairway on the facing temple base, which is one of the oldest visible Mayan structures in the Peten.
		Uaxactun is believed to be the place where Mayan culture was consolidated, its writing system perfected, and its calendar begun.
	www.ladatco.com /GUA-Tikal.htm (817 words)

	Ecotourism & Adventure Specialists
		Uaxactun is one of the oldest Mayan sites, whose ancient name was Siaan K’aan or "Born in Heaven", according to epigraphers.
		Uaxactun means 8-Stone, an incription found by Morley in one of the stellas he deciphered.
		Uaxactun is famous for its sculpted monuments and an astronomical observatory.
	www.ecotourism-adventure.com /ecolodge-hotels/peten/chiclero.htm (468 words)

	Ancient Maya Site of Uaxactun
		Uaxactun Structure E-7-sub, the focal point of the first E-Group.
		From a point on the eastern stairs, lines of sight can be drawn to the three small buildings which identify the sunrise on the days of the solstices and equinoxes.
		Early in the first millennium AD, the lords of Uaxactun constructed a large radial pyramid known today as E-7 in the area of Uaxactun designated as Group E. It had a staircase flanked by large stucco-covered masks of lords and the Witz monster on each side aligned with the four cardinal directions.
	mayamayan.homestead.com /uaxactun.html (316 words)

	Uaxactun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		WCS participates upon the village’s request and hopes to be able to reinforce this forest culture, helping Uaxactun villagers adapt to the inevitable currents of social change before their appreciation for the forest is lost forever.
		Uaxactun has solicited WCS to accompany them during the initial years of the concession by helping to diversify their capacities for forest management and conservation of the game species upon which they depend.
		Uaxactun villagers have always lived isolated from basic services such as running water and electricity, but have nevertheless taken immense pride in the freedom of their forest lifestyle.
	www.uaxactun.com (1387 words)

	Uaxactun
		Uaxactun (pronounced Wash-ak-toon) is an ancient ruin of the Maya civilization, located in the Peten region of Guatemala, some 40 km (25 miles) north of Tikal.
		The name "Uaxactun" was given to the site by its rediscoverer, United States archeologist Sylvanus Morley[?], in the early 1920s.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ua/Uaxactun.html (180 words)

	Ancient Latin America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Uaxactun was a major Mayan city situated about twelve miles north of another important Mayan site, Tikal.
		Uaxactun was inhabited from the Middle Formative Period on through the late Classic period, but flourished mainly in the Classic Period, from 500 AD to 900 AD.
		The last period at Uaxactun known as the Classic Period lasted from 280 AD to 890 AD and is divided into two phases, the Early and Late Classic.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/archaeology/sites/meso_america/uaxactun.html (938 words)

	A Forest of Kings
		These nascent rivals, Uaxactun and Tikal, grew steadily in power, population, and the ability to create magnificent public art throughout the Late Preclassic period, cultivating their ambition until they were ready to step into the political vacuum left by the decline of El Mirador at the outset of the Classical era.
		Though Uaxactun may perhaps have had a slight edge, the public constructions of the two kingdoms were relatively equal in scale and elaboration.
		We can assume from the recurrence of this captive imagery that the festivals associated with regularities in the Maya calendar required the king of Uaxactun to undertake the royal hunt for captives, just as he was required to do for accession rituals and other dynastic events.
	ksumail.kennesaw.edu /~tkeene/ogtMaya1text.htm (3954 words)

	Tours to other Archaeological Sites
		Uaxactun is an archaeological site 23 kilometers north of the Tikal National Park.
		However, Uaxactun’s ancient Maya name is known to epigraphers: Si’aan K’aan, which means “Born in heaven”.
		Uaxactun boasts the most ancient astronomical observatory in the Maya World.
	www.tikalpark.com /sites.htm (1548 words)

	UNDP - United Nations Development Programme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A community of some 180 families, Uaxactun was established in the heart of the Mayan jungle as a chicle settlement some 80 years ago.
		Despite the expansion of agricultural frontiers in the rest of the country, Uaxactun maintained its ‘culture of extraction’ and was able to preserve its forests.
		Forest fires are largely a thing of the past and species are better protected (including, counter-intuitively, the wild turkey!) OMYC has perpetuated – and strengthened – Uaxactun’s traditional vision of the forest as a treasured source of sustainable livelihoods.
	www.undp.org /equatorinitiative/EquatorNet/guatemalaPage.htm (623 words)

	Uaxactun naked (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Situated some 25 km North of Tikal, Uaxactun was for a long time its rival, until it was conquered by Tikal in AD 378, apparently with some help from Teotihuacan.
		It is a magnificently preserved Pre-Classic pyramid which was protected by another one largely destroyed by the passing of time and removed in the 1930s.
		Like the famous - and more recent - "Castillo" of Chichen Itza, this is a relatively unusual four stairways pyramid (another one from the Pre-Classic is known in Tikal, in the area called "El Mundo Perdido; you can join me on top of this one by clicking here).
	www.geocities.com /jmd_brussels/uax.html (145 words)

	Description
		This project promotes ecotourism to benefit Uaxactun villagers by focusing on ecotourists that reach the Tikal National Park and the communities around Lake Petén Itza, in Peten, Guatemala.
		Uaxactun villagers have proposed no hunting areas around the miradores, effectively promoting the establishment of small wildlife refuges along the trail to enhance opportunities for ecotourists interested in wildlife viewing.
		The integration of the ecotourism component to the other projects WCS is carrying out in Uaxactun ensures a consistent conservation strategy and a future for this important part of the Maya Biosphere Reserve and Uaxactun’s Forest Society.
	www.ecotourism-adventure.com /descrip.htm (430 words)

	Uaxactun Photo Page - El Peten, Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The ruins of Uaxactun are located on either side of an abandoned airfield which also divides the modern village of Uaxactun.
		As you pull onto the airfield you will be "greeted" by some friendly and eager children trying to sell you their handmade dolls which are quite lovely and worth the price.
		Since the paths to the ruins are not marked very well, these children will also serve as your guides, taking you through the ruins all the while trying to sell you their dolls.
	www.mayatrek.com /uaxactun.htm (177 words)

	MAYAN ARCHITECTURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On the mural paintings and facade decorations belonging to the Classic Era these houses are represented, and even the foundations of a house were found under one of the oldest floors in the Uaxactun palace.
		It cannot be asumed that stone buildings existed in the primitive formative stage of Uaxactun, but, at the end of the period low stone walls begin to appear.
		Nonetheless, at the end of the period, the first stone construction of large dimensions is found; a piramid built to hold a hay and wood structure.
	mexico.udg.mx /historia/precolombinas/ingles/maya/mayaarquitectura.html (2303 words)

	Civil War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stela 5 at Uaxactun depicts a Tikal lord, Smoking-Frog, as the aggressor in the conflict between the two city-states.
		Further proving that such a conquest did occur was the fact that the architecture of Uaxactun began to emulate that of Tikal.
		Imagine you were a farmer at the city-state of Uaxactun and you are at war with Tikal.
	www2.truman.edu /~marc/webpages/nativesp99/maya/warfare.html (436 words)

	Condor Journeys - Tikal and Uaxactun by Air - Guatemala
		No wonder they had so many buildings specially constructed for astronomical studies, like building E-VII-B of the ceremonial center of Uaxactun, with steps on all four sites, flanked by large stucco masks, used for determining the dates of the equinoxes and the solstices.
		Uaxactun or "Eight Stones" is on of the most important archaeological sites in Guatemala.
		Uaxactun produced excellent polychrome clay vases, the most beautiful of the Mayan World.
	www.condorjourneys-adventures.com /guatemala_tikal.asp (518 words)

	Uaxactun: Group E (#a2_833) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"On the west side of a court at Uaxactun, facing due east, was a pyramid.
		On the opposite side, on a terrace, were three temples with façades running north and south, and arranged so as to establish lines of sight when observed from the stairway of the pyramid on the west side.
		This assemblage of buildings thus marked the longest and shortest days of the year, as well as the two intermediate positions, when day and night are of equal length."
	www.bonus.com /contour/Mayan_Ruins/http@@/mayaruins.com/uaxactun/a2_833.html (166 words)

	PARI Newsletter
		It was immediately apparent to her that a foreigner with Central Mexican associations appeared in direct association with the 11 Eb date, and was somehow connected with the arrival of foreigners into the central Peten, perhaps specifically at Uaxactun.
		The four extant records of the 11 Eb episode at Uaxactun and Tikal are all very different in presentation, and each text might contribute different pieces to the overall historical puzzle.
		On Stela 5 and 22 at Uaxactun, the event glyphs found with the 11 Eb date are clearly hul-iy, "he, she, it arrived," (the event glyph deciphered by Barbara MacLeod).
	www.mesoweb.com /pari/publications/news_archive/25/strangers/strangers.html (3678 words)

	Uaxactun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		During the first year the kiosk will be built and staffed by volunteers associated with those capturing tourism benefits in the community.
		In the first year two of the miradores that will be developed in conjunction with the Uaxactun Eco-Cultural Guide Association will be built, as well as trails linking the miradores.
		A system for additional investments in ecotourism will be defined by OMYC to allow for future investments by the village without dependence on donations and according to Uaxactun’s needs and plans for their own development.
	www.uaxactun.com /results.htm (273 words)

	Maya Expeditions - Guatemala - Archaeology Uaxactun
		Breakfast and continue horse ride listening the myriad of birdlife undisturbed by development as this is part of the Maya Biosphere Reserve.
		Dinner and overnight at the eco-lodge El Chiclero which provides benefit for the Uaxactun community.
		Known for its temple complex in Group E where certain lines of site on the different pyramids pass through the point of sunrise during the equinoxes and soltices of the seasons.
	www.mayaexpeditions.com /archaeology/uaxacutun/uaxactun_trip2.htm (399 words)

	The Uaxactun Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Carried out under the direction of Sylvanus G. Morley in 1926 through 1938, the Uaxactun excavations, were of immense significanse for Maya lowland archaeology.
		Although the Holmul ceramic sequence was the first ceramic sequence for the Maya area, Uaxactun provided more accurate dates.
		The Uaxactun site also provided evidence of two Preclassic Periods which Smith estimated went back to about 600bc.
	codesign.scu.edu /anthroweb2/037/jorgea/TheUSite.htm (87 words)

	Exploring Tikal National Park, Guatemala \| MEA - Mesoamerican Ecotourism Alliance
		In Uaxactun you will not only visit the ruins, but also see the small farming community that exists there now.
		Activities in Uaxactun will also include a climb to the top of a 90-foot tall “mirador” or observation tower that rises above the high forest canopy.
		From this viewpoint, we will be able to see a variety of forest creatures, view the vast sea of green that is the Maya Biosphere Reserve, and even spot the tops of Tikal’s mighty temples — some 30 kilometers away.
	www.travelwithmea.com /itin_guat_tikal.htm (1403 words)

	Antiquity, Project Gallery: Estrada-Belli et al
		The triadic layout of this group recalls a pattern well-known at Preclassic sites and most closely that of Uaxactun’s Group H-5 (Valdez 1989): two smaller pyramids flank the tallest, eastern, temple and to the west is an inset stairway topped by two small buildings (Strs.
		The feet lack sandals, and the arms are adorned only with a slip-knot around the wrist, indicating that the sculpture antedates Early Classic and late Late Preclassic monuments, such as Nakbé Stela 1 (Hansen 1992).
		Sandals are similarly absent on Middle Preclassic and early Late Preclassic sculptures such as Kaminaljuyú Stelae 9 and 11, Abaj Takalik Stela 3, the Loltún relief and Uaxactun Stela 10.
	antiquity.ac.uk /ProjGall/belli/belli.html (771 words)

	Belize to Tikal and Uaxactun - Maya Info
		To Flores, Sayaxche, Ceibal, and the Petexbatun Lodge
		But when we ran into a little mud on the road to Uaxactun, the Dos Pilas experience and the accompanying tales made the immediate experience pale by comparison.
		High on a knoll to the right of the entrance road is a section that was probably residential, with a small palace structure.
	www.mayainfo.org /trips/trip4/20001229.asp (852 words)

	Our Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Uaxactun is the oldest astronomy observatory in Mesoamerica.
		The village was grounded in the 1920´s by chewing gum gatherers and still now, in the rainy season you can watch them prepare the chewing gum for the Japanese market.
		You will enjoy from an archaeological and natural tour in the site where a lot of flora and fauna can be seen in the early morning hours.
	www.conservationtours.com /tours.html (1254 words)

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