Bonampak (Chiapas)
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Location
Chiapas

Country
MEXICO

Year of Research
7th century

Culture
  • Bonampak is a Classical Maya site in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.It is occupied from about 650-850 AD.

  • The comparatively small settlement was subsidiary to the Piedras Negras in the 7th century and later to Yaxchilan, located 25 kilometers away, and it is considered that the wife or kinsman of the eighth century ruler of Bonampak Chan Muán was belongs to Yaxchilan ruler Bird Jaguar.

  • Bonampak architecture is well simple and small, with one small exception.

  • There have been two large two documentation projects at Bonampak, related in the side bar.

  • David Hixson at Tulane has a terrific photo archive, and Yale University is in the process of documenting the site as well.

  • The site is most well known for its excellent wall paintings located on the interior walls of Structure 1, which were painted in the last decade of the 8th century.