The site of Mayapan is a Late Postclassic Maya (1200-1441 AD) city on the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, covering some four square kilometers and housing 12,000 people at its height around 1250 AD. The site was founded about 1200-1250 AD, after the fall of Chichén Itzá, and perhaps by Chichén Itzá refugees.
Excavations at the site were conducted in the 1940s and 1950s by researchers at the Carnegie Institute, including H.E. Pollock and Tatiana Proskouriakoff. Recent investigations have been undertaken by a team led by Marilyn Masson at University of Albany-SUNY.
Sources
Ringle, William M., Tomas Gallareta Negron, and George J. Bey 1998 The return of Quetzalcoatl: Evidence for the spread of a world religion during the Epiclassic period. Ancient Mesoamerica 9183-232.
This glossary entry is part of the Guide to the Maya Civilization and the Dictionary of Archaeology.
