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Guaytán

Polychrome Vase from Guaytán

Guaytán is an important Pre Classic to Late Classic Maya site, located near from San Agustín Acasaguastlán in El Progreso, on the Eastern Incised clay Vase, showing K'inich'Ajaw the Sun God Highlands.  Its importance resides in its Jade workshops, and Jadeite quarries, that made it very powerful along with minor sites such as El Aguilucho, Chucunhueso and others. There are 142 mounds, 3 temples and 2 ball courts, several burials, the oldest dating from 200 BC,  5 sculptured  Monuments, and 14 elaborated tombs, including Mayan arch at its entrances. In the site have been recovered numerous ceramic pottery, sea shell (from the Pacific Ocean ) and of course Jade and Obsidian objects, that are displayed at Estanzuela Museum in Zacapa.

Above, Vase from Structure 24 Tomb III, The Hero Twins

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Polychrome Vase

Temple

Incised cinder


Temple


Burial recreation Museo de Estanzuela


Burial 
Museo de Estanzuela

Ceramic Museo de Estanzuela

Excavations in Tomb


Excavations Central Plaza

 Escultura maya
Sculpture, Estanzuela Museum

Recipiente de piedra
Stone Pot

Jadeite hammer

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