ZONA ARQUEOLÓGICA KOHUNLICH
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Site occupied from 200 B.C., still benefiting from five visible specimens which represent the solar god.
The site was occupied from 200 B.C. onwards when low platforms were built around the Plaza Ya'axná, later covered by imposing buildings during the Early Classic period. The Templo de los Mascarones, decorated with eight stucco figures representing the solar god, was erected in the 6th and 7th centuries; five examples can still be seen, some of which still have their original black and red paintings. During the Late Classic period (600-900 AD), Kohunlich reached its demographic fullness when most of the structures seen today were built; the Plaza de las Estelas and the Conjunto de las Vías or the residential structures of the Conjunto Pixa'an and the Conjunto de los 27 Escalones . Its growth would continue in the Early Postclassic period (1000-1200 AD) and then the population would disperse and return only to place offerings on top of the then ruined temples; some parts of the ritual buildings were transformed and used as residences. Due to its geographical position, it was an obligatory commercial passage between the Peninsula and Central America. The architectural influences are multiple, characteristic of the Petén style (such as the apron mouldings of the Templo de los Mascarones) or of the Río Bec (in reference to the embedded columns of a large number of structures at Calakmul). Another specificity of the site is the rainwater collection system along the roadways or on the buildings.
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