Uxmal is the most celebrated city built in the Puuc style. It began life like any number of other communities of the region and its growth was due to their knowledge of how to exploit agricultural production; however, Uxmal, due possibly to better administration of the economic resources, came to dominate the other communities of the region, finally converting itself into the city/state which governed the whole territory.

The high level of achievment regarding socio-political organization is witnessed through the extension of the city, in the magnificence of its architectural complexes, in the wall of defense which forms a border around the central part, and above all, in the system created for the provision of water to resolve the necessities of this great metropolis.