Exploring the Mayan Ruins of Ek Balam
Ek Balam is a Yucatec Maya name that may be translated as “the black jaguar” or “bright star jaguar.” The enormous dimensions of the buildings on this site are what stand out, as well as the fact that two walls surround the central part – an uncommon attribute. The most important structures are found within the walled enclosure of less than one square kilometer and are distributed within two large, connected plazas referred to as the Central and South Plazas. Numerous constructions of different sizes are found around these. The walls have five entrances in different sections of its periphery and five sak be´oob (roads) which depart from the entrances in the direction of the four cardinal points. The South side of the wall is a special case. It has two entrances and two sak be´oob. The most important cultural period at Ek Balam was the Late Classic (700 – 1000 A.D.), however the early inhabitants remained living there until after 900A.D., as indicated by a few small constructions built after this date. Their characteristics are very different form the older buildings which make it clear that the society suffered some changes and dedicated less resources and work to construction.
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