Becan

Becan, in Campeche near the center of the Yucatán Peninsula, was an important Maya center distinguished by the broad ditch and ramparts that encircled its core, giving it an unusually fortified character. Occupied from about 550 BCE, it grew into a major population and ceremonial center in the Late Preclassic, declined after about 250 CE, then revived from about 500 CE with new construction in the Río Bec style. Major building and elite monument production seems to have ended by about 830 CE, though occupation continued for some time before probable abandonment around 1200. Its ancient name remains unknown.

Campeche · Mexico