Dzibanche, Quintana Roo, Mexico Tour Or Travel
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George And Audrey DeLange

Dzibanche, Quintana Roo, (pronounced "jee-ban-CHEH"). a Mayan ruin . Dzibanché, means "writing on wood", its name comes from the fact that Temple VI has contains a large lintel made of quebracho wood that bears eight glyphs that date to 618 AD. Dzibanché was a major site in this Mayan area during the Classic Period (300-900 A.D) and its inhabitants settled on some 40 sq. km. of hills surrounded by flatland. Throughout this area they built homes and buildings for worship, as well as public buildings which were the center of their community's social and economic life. The site's most important complex is made of several plazas surrounded by palaces and platforms from which temples rise that are decorated with Peten-style crests. The most notable of these plazas care Temples 1 and 2, as well as a Small Acropolis, called the "Unknown Building". A Ball Court is located away from the main structures of the civic-ceremonial complex. The Mayas tried to build their cities near water, and beside some natural water sources, this site contains several chultunes or underground excavations that serve as water collection structures. To get to Dzibanché travelers should take federal highway 186 same that leads to Kohunlich, turning off on the road to Morocoy village, and then six kilometers to the northeast in a dirt road and we come to the archaeological site.