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Comalcalco [Casa de los comales en náhuatl] es un sitio arqueológico de la civilización maya que se localiza en el municipio homónimo; en el estado mexicano de Tabasco.

Las ruinas constituyen una necrópolis del período clásico maya (del siglo I a.C. al IX d.C) construida con ladrillos y estuco de concha de ostión. Este sitio está considerado como el más occidental de la cultura maya, ubicado aproximadamente a 60km al noreste de la ciudad de Villahermosa. La ciudad se desarrolló entre los años 700 y 900 de nuestra era.

Comalcalco is both a modern-day city and municipality about 45 miles (60 km) northwest of Villahermosa in the Mexican state of Tabasco and a Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site. The literal English translation of "Comalcalco" is "In the house of the comals". A comal is a pan used to prepare tortillas.

The site of Comalcalco, whose coordinates are 18°16′N 93°10′W, is notable for two characteristics. First, it is the westernmost known Maya settlement. Second, and due to a dearth of locally available limestone (the primary material used in architectural construction), the city's buildings were made from fired-clay bricks held together with mortar made from oyster shells. The use of bricks at Comalcalco was unique among Maya sites, and many of them are decorated with iconography and/or hieroglyphs
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