-- Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula _ " Dramatic Uxmal, an 8th-century Mayan city sequestered in deep jungle.
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And if in Central America his chase after a government got nowhere, his hunt for ancient Mayan cities was a stunning success.
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They also occupied part of the national park near the ancient Mayan city of Tikal, said Rodolfo Zelada, a police spokesman.
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Yaxha, a Mayan city constructed at the shore of the lake with the same name is the biggest site in the area.
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The initial belief of a Mayan city was due to the carved stone and the person depicted as well as the numeral inscriptions.
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This was a period when La Milpa was in decline, although the small Mayan city state would later revive and reach new heights.
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Isidore had much higher winds when it pounded the Yucatan's ecological reserves and ruins, including the Mayan city of Chichen Itza.
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The large market centers within major Mayan cities acted as redistribution centers in which merchants could obtain goods to sell in more minor cities.
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That might explain the increased warfare between the various Mayan city-states . "-------- CRISIS REDUX
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They will have to rebuild deserted villages in the countryside that hearken back to the eighth century, when some Mayan cities were inexplicably abandoned.
