Maya, Sacbe, Causeway, Tintal, Nakbe (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Thomas Schreiner. Enrique Hernandez. David Wahl. Richard Hansen.

A vast system of inter-site highways (sacbes or sacbeob) traversed an inhabited countryside between the major urban centers of the Kan kingdom in the Mirador Basin. Development of this system began during the Middle Preclassic period and continued throughout the Late Preclassic period (ca. 600 B.C.– A.D. 150). Over time, these transportation routes branched and transformed within densely populated centers to become a network of elevated causeways, processional boulevards with ritual and...