
Gran Acrópolis
Estructura
It is one of the most modified and urbanized areas of the city. In this complex, public, private and residential areas coexist with restricted areas. A wall, which is visible to the north of the Great Acropolis, limited, protected and sheltered the inhabitants of the complex. The residential zone of the Great Acropolis is located in an area of the limestone dome that begins to descend towards the shallows, forming a play with volumes and heights, as the volume of the structures increases in a north-south direction. To the north are located residential units such as the House of the Six Ajaw (Wak Ajaw Nah) and the House of the Owner of the Sky (Utsiaal Caan). Both complexes must have housed elite families. In Seis Ajaw there are rooms located around a patio, one of which communicates with an observation post or passage outside the wall.
Structure XI or Ball Court: Its shape and architectural arrangement is typical of a Late Classic construction (600 to 800). For its construction, materials from the demolition of an earlier building were used. Stela 66 was ritually sacrificed and one of its fragments has inscribed the date corresponding to the year 731, so it is assumed that this Ball Court was built in 751, when the ruler Bolon Kawil ascended to the throne of Calakmul.
Structure XIII: It is a construction with a pyramidal base of four bodies, preceded by a wide stairway on the south façade and crowned by a building of two levels that correspond, each one, to two different periods; the excavations in this part of the North Plaza have provided information on the ceremonial activities developed by its inhabitants.
