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Partially excavated puucs in Mexico · Mysteria

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Partially excavated puucs in Mexico

8 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Pyramid

Oxkintok

Classic (Early–Terminal) · Maya (Puuc–Oxkintok Regional)

Puuc labyrinth-acropolis (250–1000 CE) NW Yucatan — 3-storey vaulted maze palace and astronomical pyramids.

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Xlapak South Group

Terminal Classic Puuc 800–1000 CE · Maya (Puuc)

Free-access Puuc site at Km Xlapak 20.17N -89.60W between Sayil (4 km west) and Labná (3 km east) within Puuc Hills valley.

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex

Chacmultún East

Late Classic Puuc 600–900 CE with Postclassic cave shrine reuse · Maya (Puuc cave shrine)

Hilltop Puuc palace above sacred caves of Chacmultún with permanent water pools and Postclassic red hand cave paintings.

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🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Huntichmul East Complex

Terminal Classic Puuc 800–1050 CE · Maya (Puuc)

Huntichmul East Complex north of Puuc Route: 70 m long vaulted palace with Puuc junquillo columns, sacbe linking to Sayil Group 2 km west. Mapped by Pollock 1980; 8 mounds remain unexcavated.