Dzibilnocac

The earliest evidence of occupation recorded to date at the site dates back to around 500 BC in the Middle Preclassic period of the Maya civilization. Dzibilnocac was first documented in February 1842 during an expedition by explorers John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, following reports from inhabitants of the nearby town of Iturbide, now called Vicente Guerrero, about the presence of pre-Columbian structures in the site. In 1887 the archaeologist Teoberto Maler arrived at Dzibilnocac for an archaeological exploration in which he took some photographs of the ruins and documented through drawings the paintings on some of the capstones that he found during his expedition. == References ==