About 15km southwest of the village of Dzibalchén (follow signs to Chencoh), Hochob has an amazing three-room temple (low and fairly small, as are most Chenes buildings), with a facade richly carved with stylized snakes and masks. The central chamber is surmounted by a crumbling roofcomb, and its decoration, with fangs, eyes and ears, creates the effect of a huge face, with the doorway as a gaping mouth.

Hochob means "corn cobs", a name given to the site in the late nineteenth century, when Teobert Maler discovered and registered the name of the archaeological site.

Cultural Significance: As in other settlements in the region Chenes, Hochob began to be inhabited since the year 300 AD, when the first settlers settled on a hill around thirty meters high, which amended the level it to build their homes, which arise after their most important buildings and public and religious buildings, until gradually the city It grew for several centuries. The hillsides were occupied by terraces and platforms with housing walls and ceilings made of perishable materials. Several prehistoric wells are strategically placed for collection, storage and distribution of rainwater.

Hochob might depend on Dzibilnocac or Santa Rosa Xtampak who had already acquired regional importance in the Classic period. Today the buildings are still standing were built between the years 600-900 d. C., but the greatest splendor in the political, social and architectural was between 850-1000 after ours. This prosperity is interrupted by the Maya collapse had already reached several cities of the Yucatan Peninsula, causing the establishment of Hochob lost power. This caused the population began to emigrate in search of better lands to form new settlements with less sojuzgamientos under the direction of a chief. However it is not completely abandon this strategic location as it followed inhabited until long after the Spanish conquest.

Services available in the area: Services Unit, sale of publications and reproductions, restrooms, parking, satellite phone, external signaling and restrictive and informative bonds

Hours: Monday to Sunday from 8:00 to 17:00 hours.

Collection Access: $ 36.00 mn

Contact: Campeche INAH Center 01 (981) 8 16 91 11 and August 16 81 79 138 017 Ext. Irma Cantun Mata, Head of Operation.

Wear light clothing. In the months of June, July and August, use insect repellent. Do not bring pets.

From the capital of Campeche city, driving on Federal Highway 261, heading north-east to the town of Dzibalchén. Upon reaching the junction the diversion Chenko is taken;shortly before arriving is directed to the road that ends at the archaeological site of Hochob of culture, distant 4 km from the junction.

If you’re driving, you can continue south to Xpujil. Hopelchén, about 90km east of Campeche, is the biggest town in the area, and home to a Mennonite community since the 1980s.