Fotos von Izapa

2014 - Mexico - Chiapas - Izapa Ruins von Ted's photos - Returns mid July

The Izapa Ruins are historically significant but visually lacking the impact other sites. This shot shows about 50% of what has been uncovered to date which a mere fraction of the ruins. The HAL tour spent about 90 minutes here, 30 would have been sufficient. From Mundo Maya: Founded around the year 1,500 B.C., Izapa was the most important ceremonial, political, and religious center of the Pacific coast for almost a thousand years. Its importance was due to commercial factors, as well as for being the region’s religious center. Its position favored migrations and the trade of jade, cocoa, and obsidian, however its ruins do not house spectacular structures or famous paintings like other sites, as it lost a great deal of importance during the Mayan Classic period. Izapa, originally inhabited by Mize-zoque people, began its development around 600 B.C. and reached its peak as a regional center toward the upper Preclassic period, due mostly to the climactic characteristics of where it is located, with its fertile soil and high humidity, which allowed the creation of an intensive agricultural system and surplus stock. The location and planning of its ceremonial center is full of astronomical references, to the point that many archaeologists believe that Izapa had a key role in the construction of Mesoamerican calendars and the Mayan calendar in particular. Its orientation, on a slightly askew angle from the geographical north and its alignment with the Tacaná volcano, have led to the conclusion that its best structures and pyramids for astronomical observation match the dusk of the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. The ancient city of Izapa was explored by Matthew Stirling in 1935; by Philip Drucker, from the Smithsonian Institution in 1947 and 1948; and was inspected by Eulalia Guzmán in 1935 and 1944. Various stelae narrate some of the myths collected in the Popol Vuh. The archaeological zone is quite wide, it has an area of two kilometers and is comprised of groups of mounds. Today, it is only possible to visit Group F, north of the highway to Talismán, it is the most restored area, which groups together most of the stelae and stone sculptures. Groups A and B, to the south, are accessible through dirt roads, but the area is covered in vegetation. Most of the stelae are in Groups A and B, which correspond to the site’s Preclassic occupation.
Izapa ist eine bedeutende präkolumbische Stadt in Mesoamerika. Mit Chiapa de Corzo, Takalik Abaj, Kaminaljuyú und einigen kleineren Fundplätzen wird sie zumeist zu den frühen – von der Mokaya-Kultur oder den Olmeken beeinflussten – Stätten gezählt. Lesen Sie weiter
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