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Archaeological Sites in Guatemala

A list of and information about archaeological sites recorded in the modern country of Guatemala.

Cotzumalhuapa, Guatemala

Investigations at one of the strongest and most innovative cultural and political centers of the Late Classic period in Southern Mesoamerica; report by Oswaldo Chinchilla on the FAMSI website.

Iximché, Guatemala

Compilation of the FAMSI-supported work on the skeletal analysis of the Late Postclassic site of Iximché, by Stephen L. Whittington and Robert Tykot.

Kaminaljuyú

A report to FAMSI by Jonathon Kaplan on his ground-penetrating radar work at this Classic Maya site

La Corona (Site Q)

A newly discovered stone panel at the Classic Period Maya (AD 250-900) capital city called La Corona in Guatemala has given researchers at Yale University enough evidence to confidently identify it as the long-sought city called Site Q.

La Corona

The ruins of a Maya city, discovered near a tributary of the Río San Pedro in northern Guatemala, may turn out to be the mysterious Site Q, an article in Archaeology magazine.

La Pasadita Archaeological Project

A Classic Maya center located near the ancient frontier between the Yaxchilán and Piedras Negras polities; a report on recent survey there to FAMSI by Charles Golden.

Maya Lowland Centers: Tikal

An article on the important Maya center Tikal, from Athena Review.

Nakbe

The Nakbe site is a central city of the Maya people on the Peten peninsula of Guatemala.

Tikal

The ruins of the Maya temple known as Tikal are located in the rain forest of the central Peten peninsula of Guatemala.

Uaxactun (Guatemala)

Uaxactun (pronounced Washackton) is an important Maya center, located in the Peten region of Guatemala.

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