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Chactún
Chactún (Maya : Red stone)〔(Extensive Maya city discovered in Campeche )〕 is the name of an archaeological site of the Mesoamerican Maya civilization in the state of Campeche, Mexico, in the northern part of the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. The site of approximately 54 acres is located in the lowlands of the Yucatán Peninsula, between the regions of Rio Bec and Chenes. There are some significant differences that have yet to be explained completely, which distinguish it from some of the other nearby sites.〔http://www.yucatan-connection.com/43-2-Chactun%2B+the+discovery+of+a+lost+Mayan+city.html〕
==Discovery==
A team of Mexican and foreign experts from the Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ((ZRC SAZU )) and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), headed by archaeologist Ivan Sprajc, rediscovered the site in 2013 〔http://www.latinospost.com/articles/21973/20130621/lost-mayan-city-discovered-deep-mexican-jungle-previously-known-lumberers.htm〕 by aerial photographs〔http://www.dailygrail.com/Sacred-Sites/2013/6/Ancient-Maya-City-Discovered-Mexico〕 and named it ''Chactún'', "Red Stone". The name was based on an inscription which translated to "K'inich B'ahlam erected the Great Red Stone in (what would have been AD 751)".〔http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/mayan-city-chactun-discovered-mexico_n_3468502.html〕 The project was financed by the National Geographic Society and Villas and Ars Longa, two private companies, and supported by National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico. It is one of 80 sites detected by the Southeast Campeche Archaeological Reconnaissance Project, which launched in 1996.〔http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/130619/vast-mayan-city-discovered-southeast-mexico-jungle〕 Prior to this discovery by archaeologists, very little was known about this part of the region. Evidence of logging suggests locals were aware of the site.〔http://www.designntrend.com/articles/5101/20130620/archaeology-ancient-mayan-city-jungle-southeast-mexico.htm〕 This is because of the difficulty in accessing the area due to difficult terrain and overgrown vegetation. To reach the area, the team of archaeologists spent four weeks reopening an abandoned and heavily overgrown dirt-road. Without the discovery with aerial photography, it is likely this site would have remained hidden for much longer. The project surveyed the three urban cores of the site to create maps and three dimensional models.〔http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/06/2013/extensive-maya-city-discovered-in-campeche〕
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