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{{Infobox settlement
'''Komchen''' is [[pre-Columbian]] [[Maya civilization|Maya]] [[archaeological site]] located in the northwestern portion of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]]. It is approximately 20 km from the northern peninsular coast and situated close to the site of [[Dzibilchaltun]]. Komchen was initially settled during the [[Mesoamerica]]n [[Mesoamerican chronology|Middle Preclassic]]. Its earliest settlement consisted of a small residential [[community]] with perishable structure. The site transitioned into a larger community during the Late Preclassic, reaching its peak in construction between the years 350-150 BC (Sharer 1994:130) and employing permanent stone [[masonry]] in [[architecture|architectural]] construction. It appears that the site was entirely abandoned by the end of the Late Preclassic (ca. A.D. 250). Later, however, the site was partially reoccupied by residents of the expanding center of Dzibilchaltun.▼
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|subdivision_name2 = {{flagicon image|Escudo de Merida Yucatan.svg}} [[Mérida Municipality, Yucatán|Mérida]]
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|population_as_of = 2005<ref>[http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/default.asp?s=est&c=10395 Census Results by Locality, 2005] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722200612/http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/default.asp?s=est&c=10395 |date=July 22, 2011 }} INEGI.</ref>
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|population_total = 3778
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|timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central Standard Time]]
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|blank_info_sec2 = [[Merida airport|Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport]]
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|blank1_info_sec2 = [[Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport|MID]]
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}}'''Komchén''' is a community in the [[Mérida Municipality, Yucatán|Mérida Municipality]] in the state of [[Yucatán (state)|Yucatán]], located in southeastern [[Mexico]]. Komchén is located 15 kilometers north of the city of Mérida, in the northwestern portion of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] and is approximately 20 km from the northern peninsular coast. Its name comes from the [[Yucatec Mayan]] and means: ''In the well of the hollow''. Its infrastructure includes, educational services (a kindergarten, a primary school, a high school and a Bachelors School and a municipal library), a clinic of the [[Mexican Social Security Institute]] as well as recreational parks and marinas. 90% of its streets are paved.
==Pre-Columbian History==
[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] investigation of the site commenced during the early 1980s when a research project, under the direction of E. Wyllys Andrews V of the [[Middle American Research Institute]] (MARI) of [[Tulane University]], began [[archaeological excavation|excavating]] at Komchen. This research documented nearly 1000 residential structures in an area approximately 2 km² in size, including a core of five large platforms (the tallest of which was 8 meters) and a [[sacbe]] (one of the earliest identified in the Yucatán) (Andrews et al. 1984).▼
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▲[[Archaeology|Archaeological]] investigation of the site commenced during the early 1980s when a research project, under the direction of E. Wyllys Andrews V of the [[Middle American Research Institute]] (MARI) of [[Tulane University]], began [[archaeological excavation|excavating]] at Komchén.<ref>Andrews, E. Wyllys, V, Ringle William M., Barnes P.J. ''Komchen, an Early Maya Community in Northwest Yucatán. In Investigaciones recientes en el área maya 1:73-92. XVII Mesa Redonda'', Sociedad Mexicana de Antropologia, Mexico City, 1984</ref> This research documented nearly 1000 residential structures in an area approximately 2
==References==
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[[Category:Maya sites in Yucatán]]▼
[[Category:Maya Preclassic Period]]
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▲[[Category:Maya sites in Yucatán]]
▲[[Category:Former settlements in Mexico]]
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