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    jungles – underlay Kaminaljuyu's wealth and influence throughout the Maya world. Chocola Museo Miraflores Michael Coe "Kaminaljuyú: el cerro de los muertos"...
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    highlands, and Kaminaljuyú in the central Guatemala highlands, were important southern highland Maya centers. The latter site, Kaminaljuyú, is one of the...
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  • dispute. In the highland Maya archaeological sites of Abaj Takalik and Kaminaljuyú writing has been found dating to Izapa culture. It is likely that in...
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    America, founding new dynasties in the Maya cities of Tikal, Copan, and Kaminaljuyú. Teotihuacan's influence over the Maya civilization cannot be overstated:...
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    their own contributions as well. On the southern coast of Guatemala, Kaminaljuyú advanced in the direction of what would be the Classic Maya culture,...
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    western Mexico, Protoclassic-era sites in the Guatemalan highlands such as Kaminaljuyú and Late-Postclassic sites on the northern Yucatán Peninsula (Miller...
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    (English: Hermitage Valley). Guatemala City is the site of the Mayan city of Kaminaljuyu, founded around 1500 BC. Following an earthquake in La Antigua in 1776...
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    number of large cities developed in the Petén Basin, and the city of Kaminaljuyu rose to prominence in the Guatemalan Highlands. Beginning around 250...
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    National Capital and Departmental Capital Cancuén Dos Pilas El Baul Iximche Kaminaljuyu Machaquila El Mirador La Joyanca Mixco Viejo Naranjo Nakbé Piedras Negras...
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    ball used or similar to those used in the Mesoamerican ballgame, from Kaminaljuyu, 300 BC to 250 AD, with a manopla, or handstone, used to strike the ball...
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    Allen (1986). "The Origins of Maya Art: Monumental Stone Sculpture of Kaminaljuyu, Guatemala, and the Southern Pacific Coast". Studies in Pre-Columbian...
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    similar to those used) in the Mesoamerican ballgame, 300 BCE to 250 CE, Kaminaljuyu. The ball is 3 inches (almost 8 cm) in diameter, a size that suggests...
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    America, such as Monte Albán, Cerro de las Mesas, Matacapan, Tikal, and Kaminaljuyú. Teotihuacan's influence over the Maya civilization cannot be overstated;...
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    Palangana and the Acropolis, Kaminaljuyu". In William T. Sanders; Joseph W. Michels (eds.). Teotihuacan and Kaminaljuyu: a Study in Prehistoric Culture...
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    Usulután ceramics, Nakbé, Lamanai, Xunantunich Naj Tunich Cave, El Mirador, Kaminaljuyú Late Pre-Classic BC 400 – 200 AD Preclassic Maya, Teotihuacan and Zapotec...
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  • Chalcatzingo Morelos Mexico 1500 BC Calixtlahuaca Mexico Mexico 1500 BC Kaminaljuyu Guatemala Guatemala 1400 BC Teopantecuanitlan Guerrero Mexico 1400 BC...
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  • the findings of Teotihuacan-related objects in the early Maya site of Kaminaljuyú in the 1930s. The controversy has two sides. The internalist side argues...
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    Cholula Coba Comalcalco Copan Dos Pilas Edzna El Mirador El Tigre La Danta Kaminaljuyu Lamanai Los Monos Lubaantun Mayapan Mixco Viejo Moral Reforma Nim Li...
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  • abandoned; the cause of this collapse is as yet unknown. In the highlands, Kaminaljuyu emerged as a principal centre in the Late Preclassic, linking the Pacific...
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  • first true Maya city-state, Kaminaljuyu. Lying within modern-day Guatemala City on the shores of Lake Miraflores, Kaminaljuyu developed a powerful government...
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    southern coast. The most notable site where most objects were found is the Kaminaljuyu in the valley of Guatemala, which became popular for its irrigation canal...
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    University. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-88402-170-4. Mora-Marín, David F. (2005). "Kaminaljuyu stela 10: Script classification and linguistic affiliation". Ancient...
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    Talud-tablero is also mimicked in the creation of the terraces at Cholula. Kaminaljuyu site in Guatemala-Classic Period- Talud-tablero style tombs were used...
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    giving the impression of a single massive structure. Kaminaljuyu Guatemala Maya 250 CE Kaminaljuyu contains some 200 platforms and pyramidal mounds, at...
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    quantities of mirrors have been recovered from some highland sites, such as Kaminaljuyu and Nebaj in the Guatemalan Highlands. The high concentration of mirrors...
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  • similar to those used) in the Mesoamerican ballgame, 300 BCE to 250 CE, Kaminaljuyu. The ball is 3 inches (almost 8 cm) in diameter, a size that suggests...
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  • 3710 BC Aspero Norte Chico Peru 2627 BC Caral Norte Chico Peru 1500 BC Kaminaljuyu Guatemala city Guatemala 900 BC Flores Petén Guatemala Formerly Nojpetén...
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    It is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) from the contemporary Maya city of Kaminaljuyu. Tazumal is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) southwest of the small Late Classic...
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    abandoned; the cause of this collapse is as yet unknown. In the highlands, Kaminaljuyu in the Valley of Guatemala was already a sprawling city by AD 300. During...
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  • former ethnic composition. Artistically, Izapa is closely related to Kaminaljuyú, a huge and almost completely destroyed site once dominating the Guatemalan...
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