Great Plaza

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The Great Plaza is the central ceremonial and architectural complex of the ancient Maya city of Yaxchilán, featuring prominent temples, stelae, and carved monuments.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Plaza canonical 2

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site feature ⓘ
ceremonial plaza ⓘ
access reached primarily by boat on the Usumacinta River ⓘ
architecturalStyle Maya architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Itzamnaaj Bʼalam II ⓘ
Yaxchilán dynasty ⓘ
Yaxun Bʼalam IV ⓘ
civilization Maya ⓘ
contains hieroglyphic texts ⓘ
iconography of warfare ⓘ
ritual iconography ⓘ
royal portraits ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culture Maya civilization ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists from Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ
flourishedDuring Late Classic period ⓘ
function architectural complex ⓘ
central ceremonial complex ⓘ
hasPart carved monuments ⓘ
hieroglyphic stairways ⓘ
palace structures ⓘ
platforms ⓘ
stelae ⓘ
temples ⓘ
terraces ⓘ
hasViewOf Usumacinta River ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Yaxchilán UNESCO World Heritage tentative listing ⓘ
locatedIn Chiapas ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Yaxchilán ⓘ
locatedOn Usumacinta River ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
notableFor carved stelae ⓘ
monumental inscriptions ⓘ
sculpted lintels ⓘ
partOf Yaxchilán archaeological site ⓘ
period Classic period ⓘ
region Maya Lowlands ⓘ
linked to: Maya lowlands
researchField Maya archaeology ⓘ
tourism popular visitor area at Yaxchilán ⓘ
usedFor dynastic commemoration ⓘ
political display ⓘ
ritual ceremonies ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yaxchilán → hasMajorStructure → Great Plaza ⓘ
Yaxchilán → hasFeature → Great Plaza ⓘ
subject linked to: Yaxchilán archaeological site