Talk:El Perú (Maya site)

Move?

Option 1: Move this article to El Perú

Option 2: Leave it here and create El Perú as a redirect to Peru

In either case, list this article on Peru (disambiguation). Any opinions? –Hajor 00:18, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hm. I guess I'd leave this here, then either make "El Perú" a disambiguation or redirect it to Peru (disambiguation), and list this article on the disambiguation page. Just my first thought; I quite open to other suggestions or explanations why other options would be preferable. -- Infrogmation 06:09, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Done, per Infrogmation's suggestion. –Hajor 15:08, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Important Raised to Mid-Level

Given the recent discovery of a queen's royal tomb at this site, I would recommend that that the importance of this article be raised to mid-level. PeterHuntington 10:02, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Merger of material from Waka'

Am copying below material which was formerly at Waka', which is now redirected to here. When someone's got the time and inclination there may be some content which could be integrated into the present article:

Formerly known as El Perú, Waka´ is a Pre Classic and Classic site. The site, composed of 672 monumental structures and untold numbers of small house structures, sits atop an escarpment six kilometers north of the San Pedro Mártir River, in Laguna Del Tigre National Park. (The Park is Central America's largest nature preserve), that reached its splendor in the Classic era (250 900 AD), due to its key location at the river, this city had control over the commerce traffic including cacao and cotton textiles. Waka´ was the scene of an important event related to Teotihuacán, around 382 AD known among Archeologist as *The Entrance* where Teotihuacán troops pretended to conquer Uaxactún and Tikal. Allied with Tikal for a long time, Waka´ made and alliance, by a royal wedding, with the city of Calakmul, Tikal´s biggest rival; this betrayal leads to its partial destruction by the War Lords of Tikal. An important royal tomb has been recently found ( May 2006), it contains jade offerings, shells, ceramics, including 12 ballplayers figurines, royal symbols as a carved junal (Jade Headdress) and paws of jaguar skin and stones from the Eastern Highlands and Pacific Lowlands (sing of whealth), dating back to 200 to 400 AD. The tomb was found inside an 18 meter pyramid located in the center of the Waka-Peru archeological site associated to two previously uncovered Queens tombs. The funerary chamber is 5.1 meters long by 1.5 meters wide. Arceologyst speculate that is the Tomb of Waka' first ruler, the handsome pottery, ranked "with the best we have from the Early Classic period of Maya civilization and demonstrates that Waka´ was a mainstream player in the civilization of that time. We know that the site was called Waka' from a glyphic text ascribed to king K'inich Balam, a name that can be translated as Sun Faced Jaguar. K'inich Balam, who ruled from the late seventh to the early eighth centuries, was married to a powerful royal princess from Calakmul, capital of the royal dynasty of Kan, the snake people. The marriage of the princess, Lady T'abi, forged a military alliance, (and their destiny), between the Calakmul lord, Yuknom Cheen the Great, and K'inich Balam. She was called an Ix Kaloomté or "war lord," the highest military title in ancient Maya royal texts. Waka' was strategic to the king of Calakmul because Yuknom Cheen was trying to gather many Maya kingdoms into a larger state. After Yuknom Cheen died, his successor--probably the brother of Lady T'abi--was defeated and likely sacrificed by the king of Tikal around A.D. 732. A decade later, the successor of K'inich Balam met a similar fate at the hands of the Tikal king The site has 4 main plazas with some 700 structures and a very fine sculpture style, in a compact area of 1 sq Km. It is also a great ecological site that shelters Jaguars, monkeys, Toucans, and the Red Guacamaya that nest there from February to June, To go there from Flores is a 75 Km road to Paso Caballos a small Chiclero community now committed to preservation, and trained as guides, both archeological and ecological, from there is a 20 minutes ride by boat to Las Guacamayas Station, were you can find accommodations and information about Waka´ and its natural richness, then is a 25 min up San Pedro river and 5 Km hike to Waka´ in a fairly flat terrain, it is recommended to carry fresh water and comfortable clothing to deal with the hot and humid, but luscious natural environment.

--cjllw | TALK 00:42, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Location

Need coordinates of this site. grr (talk) 04:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)