Caracol

Caracol

Caracol ili El Caracol je naziv za veliko arheološko nalazište majanske civilizacije, smješteno u suvremenom Belizeu u Okrugu Cayo. Nalazi se oko 40 km južno od Xunantunicha i grada San Ignacio, odnosno na 460 m nadmorske visine i padinama Majanskih planina. Caracol je bio najvažnije političko središte Ravničarskih Maja za vrijeme Klasičnog perioda u Belizeu. Oko godine 650. gradsko područje Caracola se prostiralo u radijusu od oko 10 km od središta. Pokrivalo je daleko veću površinu nego današnji Belize City (najveći grad u Belizeu) i imalo dva puta više stanovnika.

Usprkos svoje veličine, Caracol je otkriven tek 1937. godine.

Izvori

• Awe, Jaime; Cassandra Bill, Mark Campbell, and David Cheetham (1990). „Early Middle Formative Occupation in the Central Maya Lowlands: Recent Evidence from Cahal Pech, Belize” (PDF online reproduction). Papers from the Institute of Archaeology (London: University College London, Institute of Archaeology) 1: 1–5. ISSN 0965-9315. OCLC 231692266. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2009-06-17. Pristupljeno 2011-07-19. 
• Beetz, Carl P.; and Linton Satterthwaite (1981). The Monuments and Inscriptions of Caracol, Belize. University Museum monographs, no. 45. Philadelphia: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. ISBN 0-934718-41-5. OCLC 60071978. 
• Chase, Diane Z.; and Arlen F. Chase (1996). „Changing Perspectives on Caracol, Belize: Long-Term Archaeological Research and the Northeast Sector Settlement Program”. u: Juan Luis Bonor (ed.) (online publication of presented paper). Proceedings of the First International Symposium on the Maya. 1st International Symposium of Maya Archaeology, San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize May 29 - June 2, 1995. Belmopan: Department of Archaeology. Arhivirano iz originala na datum 2011-07-20. Pristupljeno 2011-07-19. 
• Kelly, Joyce (1996). An Archaeological Guide to Northern Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-2858-5. OCLC 34658843. 
• Schele, Linda; and David Freidel (1990). A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya (Reprint izd.). New York: Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-688-11204-8. OCLC 145324300. 
• Sharer, Robert J. (1994). The Ancient Maya (5th, fully revised izd.). Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2130-0. OCLC 28067148. 

Vanjske veze

Caracol na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

• Official Site of the Caracol Archaeological Project (some links require JavaScript navigation)
• A Mighty Maya Nation – How Caracol Built an Empire
• Google Maps