Sentences with phrase «classic period»

It is not until the early classic period that the site further and the main buildings with governmental function were raised.

Combining contemporary touches, with classic period styling and raw materials, the effect is a warm family home, full of history and intriguing ambience.

Archaeologists have found fragments of pottery in Chichen Itza proving that there was a settlement at the site as far back as 300 B.C., although it wasn't until the Late Classic period of Mayan history A.D. 750 -900 that the city began to grow.

During the Late Classic period of Mayan history (A.D. 600 - 900), it was a regional capital, controlling southwest Yucatán and a chain of smaller cities known as the Puuc Route: Kabah, Sayil, Xlapak and Labná.

It was not until the late terminal classic period (700 - 900 A.D.) that the Mayas traveled deeper into the cave to conduct their ceremonies.

Between the 1960s and the mid-1990s, much of San Estevan was mapped by archaeologists exploring the last incarnation of San Estevan as a Late Classic Period site.

Located in the Peten lowland of Guatemala, this huge Classic Period Maya site, rich in jungle flora and fauna, is considered one of the world's premier Archaeological Reserves.

Archaeologist believe that Santa Rita is almost certainly the ancient city of Chetumal and was occupied from 2000 BC to 1530 AD, with its primary importance in the Late Post Classic Period from 1350 - 1530 when it was an important center for the trade of honey, vanilla, cacao and anchiote to the northern Yucatan and other locations.

It seems Xunantunich was abandoned in AD 900 and was again occupied in post classic period.

The community saw continued success through the Late Classic period as well.

Six months later, government agents arrested 10 members of the gang, many with suspected connections to organized crime, and returned the monument to its home in Cancuén, which thrived during the Mayan Classic Period.

The center contains eight major plazas and is well known for its «Mask Temple» which went through several building transformations from the Preclassic period around 200 BC to the Late Classic period around AD 800.

Cianfrance wraps it all in the majestic, windswept landscapes necessary to recall classic period romances, with sharp instincts for knowing when to let Alexandre Desplat's music swell with power, and when to let silence fuel the sense of isolation.

Much the same is true of the Early Classic period which yields evidence of occupation at other sites, Laguna Francos and Yalamha, on the island.

Archaeologists estimate that the caves in this area were used from the Middle Pre-Classic to Post Classic Periods by the Maya, primarily for burials and ceremonies / rituals.

Caracol filled an important missing piece of Maya history by covering approximately 140 years of the Middle Classic period — highlighting this site as a supreme Maya city.

What a beautiful little place — once a very basic village on one of the most absolutely gorgeous settings, the Corozal Bay, eventually, toward the last part of the pre classic period a king was chosen to manage this city that will control so much of the coastal trade.

However, the focus of archaeological research on San Estavan abruptly changed in the late 1990s when bulldozers mining for limestone destroyed most of the Late Classic Period structures at San Estevan.

The extent of the Late Classic period occupation at Marco Gonzalez is not clear at this point in time.

During the Late Classic period significantly more activity occurred on Ambergris.

The Late Classic period seems to have been a time, of much population expansion on Ambergris, as it, was elsewhere.

The site is of modest scale and was built during the post Classic period when the Mayan culture was in decline and therefore lacks the elegance of some other famous Mayan ruins.

Although there are mysteries surrounding its history, Coba was allegedly built during the late Classic period between 500 AD and 900 AD and was one of the largest (over 80 square kilometers) and most populated Mayan cities in existence at that time with over 20,000 structures and a population of 50,000.

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Chichen Itza was founded in the Early Classic period of 495 AD and became an important Mayan city around 600 AD.

Continuing to grow, it became the region's capital at the end of the Late Classic and beginning of the early Terminal Classic periods.

Lubaantun was occupied in the mid to late Classic Period from about 730 to 890 AD when it was abandoned.

Seven carved stelae, plus 13 uncarved stelae were found at Uxbenka, with one carved stelae dating back to the early Classic Period.

He's had amazing successes, such as 1982 classic period romance «Reds,» which won three Oscars (including Beatty's only win, as Best Director).

The Bloomsbury sanitaryware collection has classic period styling and refined contours making a truly timeless classic.

In a Nutshell: Explore Coba, the site of one of the largest cities of the Mayan Classic Period, on this morning tour.

Objects found in the Cave are from the Early Classic through late Classic Periods.

The book's publisher takes its name from a pioneer of the Liturgical Movement in its classic period, Chicago's Msgr. Reynold Hillenbrand.

For all the make - work programs of the Works Progress Administration and the crusades against big business, the New Deal in its classic period — 1933 - 39 — did nothing to restore prosperity.

This is especially evident in the iconography of the Classic Period (c. 600 - 900 A.D.), especially from the region around Copán, Honduras (see depictions on Altar Q).

The Maya civilization began to emerge about 3,000 years ago, and reached its peak during the Classic Period, from about A.D. 250 - 900.

Sharpe and Emery's study focuses on Aguateca, Piedras Negras and Yaxchilan, capitals during the late Classic period (A.D 500 to 900) and indicates that the Maya had a complex social system regulating trade, food distribution and access to animal species.

Between A.D. 250 and about 950, which archaeologists call the Classic Period, the rainforest here was home to resplendent cities.

From roughly 600 CE in the middle of the Maya Classic period, it was a major city, achieving its greatest growth and power after the Maya sites of the central lowlands to the south had already collapsed.

Classic period in A.D. 300

Inspired by the look of English Revival, designer Samantha Pynn plays on the classic period features in this living and dining room, while introducing environmentally friendly furniture and modern pieces to bring the look into the 21st century.

Known for his take on the classic period love story, Joe Wright (PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, ATONEMENT) may have his hands full with his adaptation...

These films are fun and represent that classic period of horror to the T.