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 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		Str24
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
Sculpture, Estanzuela Museum	Stone Pot	Jadeite hammer