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((Short description|Archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico))
((more citations needed|date=September 2022))

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| colspan="2" style="background:#efefef;" align="center" |[[File:Estructura_7-Tenam_Puente.JPG|alt=Structure 7 (Tenam Puente).|thumb|Structure 7 (Tenam Puente).]]
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|'''Name:'''
|Tenam Puente Archaeological Zone
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|'''Type'''
|[[Cultural]]
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|'''Location'''
|[[Chiapas]]<br />((MEX))
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|'''Coordinates'''
|((Coord|16|7|59|N|92|5|50|W|display=inline))
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|'''Location'''
|[[Mesoamerica]] ([[Mexico]])
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|'''Culture'''
|[[Maya culture|Maya]]
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|'''Timeline'''
|[[300]] - [[1200]] AD
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|'''Period'''
|[[Mesoamerican Classic Period|Classic and Early Postclassic]]
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|'''Extension'''
|30 ha
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'''Tenam Puente''' ('''Tenam Puente Archaeological Zone''') <ref>((cite web | author=INAH | date=August 7, 2022 | title=Archaeological Zone of Tenam Puente | url=https://inah.gob.mx/zonas/zona-arqueologica-de-tenam-puente | access-date=September 3, 2022 |language=spanish))</ref> is an archaeological site of the [[Maya culture]] located in the Balum Canan valley, in the municipality of [[La Trinitaria (Chiapas)|La Trinitaria]], 12 kilometers south of [[Comitán]], [[Chiapas]], in [[Mexico]]. It is accessed by a deviation from the Pan-American Highway No. 190 that leads to La Trinitaria.

== Etymology ==
The word Tenam is a hybrid toponymic: Tenam derives from the [[Nahuatl]] ''tenamitl'' which means 'wall' or 'fortress', while the word Puente alludes to the name of an old farm existing at the beginning of the 20th century, whose land today constitutes the Francisco Sarabia ejido, where this attraction is now located.<ref name="Mundo Chiapas">''Mundo Chiapas.''[https://web.archive.org/web/20090317022344/http://www.mundochiapas.com/turismo/sarqueologicos/tpuente.html «Comitan de Domínguez»]</ref>

== History ==
Although the site dates back to the [[Mesoamerican Classic Period|classic]] period (between 300 and 600 AD), everything indicates that its main period of occupation corresponds to the [[Mesoamerican Postclassic Period|early Postclassic]] (approximately between 900 and 1200 AD), when the Mayan sites of the central area were abandoned, which today occupies the department of [[Petén Department|Petén]], in Guatemala.<ref name="MUnknown">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090417012057/http://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/notas/8140-Tenam-Puente-en-el-valle-de-Balum-Canan,-Chiapas» ''México Desconocido.'']</ref>

The site represents the transition from the [[Mesoamerican Classic Period|Classic Period]] to the [[Mesoamerican Postclassic Period|Postclassic]], being one of the least studied stages of Chiapas [[archaeology]].

He was contemporary with the splendor of the [[Toltec culture]] of [[Chichén-Itzá]]. The last date of registration of the place is around the year 874 AD.<ref name="mayananswer">[http://mayananswer.over-blog.com/article-tenam-puente-chiapas-37845752-comments.html» MAYANANSWER.]</ref>

The [[Mayan collapse]] in the 9th century was far more detrimental to lowland Maya centers such as [[Palenque, Chiapas|Palenque]] and [[Yaxchilán]], than smaller highland centers like Tenam Puente. In fact, the highland cities that survived the initial collapse may even have benefited from the abrupt decline of their lowland competitors. Tenam Puente, as well as nearby [[Chinkultic]], were a modest power on the western fringe of the Maya world's highlands, and appear to have survived until around 1200 AD, before finally being abandoned, for reasons that are still unclear.<ref name="moon.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110606024328/http://www.moon.com/destinations/chiapas/the-lakes-region/around-comitan/tenam-puente-archaeological-zone» Moon Travel Guides.]</ref>

=== Trade ===
The strategic location of Tenam Puente allowed its inhabitants to have access to and exercise control over the route of the important commercial networks that linked the highlands of [[Chiapas]] and [[Guatemala]] with the central depression of Chiapas. The [[ceramic]] collections from the site's excavations show a very active trade with other areas far removed from the [[Comitán]] region, such as snails from the [[Gulf of Mexico]].

On the other hand, the discovered burials show the presence of great characters to whom numerous offerings were deposited, such as [[Bowl (vessel)|vessels]], [[jade]] objects (''ya'ax'' ''chich'), ornaments made of shell and spine of [[stingray]]. Thanks to all these excavations, burials and explorations.''

With the findings, it has been possible to confirm that Tenam Puente participated in the last stage of the [[Maya culture|Classic Mayan culture]], which represents the transition to the [[Mesoamerican Postclassic Period|Early Postclassic]], when the [[metallurgy]] becomes stronger and objects made of [[alabaster]] appear.

== Scans ==
Tenam Puente was mentioned for the first time in the book ''Tribes and Temples'', edited by [[Frans Blom]] and [[Oliver La Farge]] in 1928.<ref name="Mundo Chiapas" />

== Description ==
The archaeological zone of Tenam Puente was built in the southern border area of the Mayan zone, in a strategic position on a mountain with a series of calcareous hills that divide the Altos Orientales with the Central Depression of Chiapas, about 1,600 to 1,700 m above sea level, which dominates the entire [[Comitán|comiteca]] plain that extends to the [[La Trinitaria (Chiapas)|Montebello Lakes]], in the east of the state of [[Chiapas]].

Tenam Puente was built on large and spectacular platforms with monumental retaining walls, access to which is restricted as you go up. These large walls were arranged on five slopes, thus forming open and closed squares on which the main buildings were distributed, some of which have stone ramps in the form of [[buttress]]s as a characteristic element.

The nuclear zone of the settlement is made up of a little more than 60 structures distributed in a territorial extension of approximately 30 hectares.

Most of the buildings and the most important are on the north side, in what is called the [[Acropolis]], with its structures 4 and 7, it is the highest point of this site, which offers good views throughout the area .
For the construction of the Acropolis, it was necessary to level the hills by means of high and long terraces built at different levels, which decrease in size and height as you go up. The upper terraces, up to 20 meters high, are formed by stepped bodies. The buildings were built around a series of patios and plazas.

Another group to the south corresponds to temples and residences of the upper classes, distributed around closed squares, with shrines, squares and patios that were delimited by various constructions, as well as platforms with large rooms on top.

In the surroundings of Tenam Puente are the vestiges of the old population, although very modified by the current agricultural work.

The spatial composition of the buildings in the area is very similar to the architecture of other Mayan sites in the Central Depression of [[Chiapas]] (semi-flat area bordered by the [[Sierra Madre de Chiapas]], the [[Mexican Plateau|Central Plateau]] and the Northern Mountains), on the bed of the [[Grijalva River]] and its tributaries, a large number of sites with very similar architectural characteristics and construction techniques are distributed, based on blocks of [[limestone]] perfectly cut and assembled without [[Mortar (construction)|mortar]] and without [[Calcium hydroxide|lime]].

The finishes were applied with [[stucco]], which is still preserved in some walls, floors and [[stairs]]s, you can also see some stone [[Laja (rock)|lajas]] floors.<ref name="MUnknown" />

Like many sites in the Chiapas highlands, Tenam Puente is notable for its lack of ornamentation, such as [[Arch (architecture)|arches]], [[corbels]]s, and [[Crest (heraldry)|cresting]]s. In the same way, only one [[stele (monument)]] has been found dated with the year 790, which is kept in the archaeological museum of [[Tuxtla Gutiérrez]].

==References==
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[[Category:Pyramids in Mexico]]

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