Oxkintok means "three cutting suns"; it's located 43 miles from Merida, Yucatan. According to the investigations the city was inhabited from the Superior Pre-classic period (300 b.C. - 300 a.C.) until the Post-classic period (1250 - 1500 a.C.). The hieroglyphic inscriptions found contain dates, some of which are the oldest known in Yucatan. The dates indicate that the city had its peak importance between 475 a.C. and 859 a.C.

The most known and old building of Oxkintok is the Tzat Tun Tzat, which is a construction made of three levels on top of each other, in its interior is found a series of narrow and long rooms which communicate between each other through small gates and narrow stairs. Some other important edification are the "May" group, which consists of 3 structures and the "Canul" group with 4 structures.