Chaccoben (pronounced chac-CHO-bin) is a Maya site dated to c. 700 CE located in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Once a large and significant urban religious center, the city was abandoned c. 900-950 CE at about the same time as the other great cities of the Maya were and was steadily swallowed up by the surrounding forest. The ruins were discovered in 1942 CE by a farmer who built his house nearby and protected the site until 1972 CE when an American archaeologist discovered it and brought it to the government's attention. The name Chaccoben is a modern-day designation meaning “Place of the Red Corn”. The name of the city in antiquity is unknown.
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c. 200 BCEFirst evidence of human settlement at the Maya site of Chacchoben.
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c. 700 CEThe Maya city and temple complex of Chacchoben is built.
