Becan Ruins
Campeche, Mexico is home to many beautiful Mayan
ruins, with some located within miles of each other, constructed
in the Rio Bec style of architecture that used the style of both
the Peten and Chenes cultures, that is characterized by the
finely cut stone blocks that were then covered with stucco and
rounded corners. The Becan ruins in Campeche, had grown into the
religious, economic and political capital of the Rio Bec area,
with Becan being the Mayan word for trench, that still encompass
the more significant structures and were accessed by seven
bridges, with the trench created to either protect the city from
attackers or to keep the elite above the poor. The earliest
archaeological discovers indicate that the construction was done
around 550 BC when the Olmec culture was on its decline, and
would be completely abandoned by 1200 AD.
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