Kaminaljuyú
Kaminaljuyú , also Kaminal Juyú is a Mayan ruin on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital Guatemala City . The Guatemalan archaeologist José Antonio Villacorta Calderón gave the ruin this name, which means something like "hill of the ancestors" in the Quiché language .
The site was settled around 800 BC. The city of Teotihuacán may have had a strong influence later , with Kaminaljuyú functioning as a border town to the rest of the Maya area. The buildings were mainly constructed from air-dried bricks , of which around 400 have been explored so far. The excavations are proving difficult, as the site is now in the urban area of Guatemala City . The finds are in the National Archaeological Museum of Guatemala .
In modern times, Kaminaljuyú was first explored by Alfred P. Maudslay at the end of the 19th century and by Manuel Gamio in 1925.
See also
Web links
- Kaminaljuyu at FAMSI.org in English
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Coordinates: 14 ° 37'58.1 " N , 90 ° 32'56.8" W.