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Ixkun (Ixcún or Ixkún in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site, situated in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It lies to the north of the town of Dolores, in the modern-day department of Petén, Guatemala. It is a large site containing many unrestored mounds and ruins and is the best known archaeological site within the municipality of Dolores.〔Laporte & Mejía 2005a, p. 5.〕 Ixkun was the capital of one of the four largest kingdoms in the upper Mopan Valley, the others being Curucuitz, Ixcol and Ixtonton.〔Laporte 2005, p.202.〕 Eight sites fell within the boundaries of the kingdom, showing a clear hierarchy.〔 Stela 1 at Ixkun is one of the tallest stone monuments in the entire Petén Basin.〔Laporte & Torres 1994, p. 131.〕 Although the main period of activity was during the Late Classic Period, the site was occupied from the Late Preclassic right through to the Postclassic Period. ==Location== Ixkun is located within the municipality of Dolores, north of the town itself.〔 The site is situated upon the Dolores plateau in the southern portion of the Petén Department of Guatemala,〔Laporte 2005, p.221.〕 in the northwestern portion of the Maya Mountains.〔Laporte & Mejía 2005a, p.1.〕 It occupies a series of karstic hills within a wide valley that covers .〔 The Mopan River flows east of the ruins.〔 The area covered by the kingdom included wide expanses suitable for agriculture, parts of the floodplains of the Mopan and Xa'an Rivers.〔 The city was situated upon a north-south trade route that linked the Dolores Valley to the Mopan River, controlling access to Ucanal and other cities within the Mopan drainage.〔 Ixkun is located southwest of the ruins of the major Maya city of Caracol.〔Martin & Grube 1999, p. 96.〕 It is north of the ruins of Ixtonton.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ixkun」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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