Aguateca
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Aguateca is a Maya site located in northern Guatemala's Petexbatun Basin, in the department of Petén. The first settlements at Aguateca date to the Late Preclassic period. The center was occupied from
Palacio Real
View from Palacio in Plaza 2 de Aguateca
Two views into the long steep slope of the Main Chasm
MA D293 Maya stone carving from Copan
Pasión River
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The Pasión River is a river located in the northern lowlands region of Guatemala. The 353.9-kilometre-long river is fed by a number of upstream tributaries whose sources lie in the hills of Alta Verap
Aguateca
…populated city, with a higher density of structures than most other lowland Maya sites. It is possible that the population of Aguateca migrated from the Pasion region, but it is likely there was a large population from other regions as well. The influx of people was probably a result of the political influence…
Car ferry crossing Río la Pasión at Sayaxché (1994)