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Guaytán
Polychrome Vase
from Guaytán. A Palace scene
 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, and that it was an important
commerce route between
Kaminaljuyú and
Quiriguá, that made it very powerful along with
minor sites such as
El Aguilucho,
Chucunhueso,
Los Encuentros,
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. An ancient
Maya Codice Was found in a tomb, and due
to its poor preservation it has not been studied yet.
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