Tenam Rosario
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 Sculpture with headdress found at Tenam Rosario. | |
  Tenam Rosario Shown within Mexico  Tenam Rosario Tenam Rosario (Chiapas) | |
| Location | Mexico |
|---|---|
| Region | Eastern Chiapas Highlands |
| Type | Ancient Maya city |
| History | |
| Periods | Classic - Early Postclassic |
| Cultures | Maya civilization |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | Eastern Chiapas Highlands |
Tenam Rosario is an archaeological Maya site located in La Trinitaria municipality of southern Chiapas, Mexico. It was the capital of a Maya state of the Eastern Chiapas Highlands, the site developed as a major political and ceremonial center. It had its peak in the late Classic period between the years 700 and 950 AD and had great activity until the early postclassic period of the Maya civilization.[1]
Tenam Rosario is a very large site and includes numerous ceremonial and residential structures, ball courts and pyramids. Numerous ceramic sculptures, stelae, stone discs, and six large ballcourt markers carved with Maya mythology representations have been found in the site. Tenam Rosario was first discovered and described in early 1920 by archaeologist Frans Blom in his report of an archaeological expedition in southern Chiapas. Most of the structures are buried in the jungle.[2]
