<< Our Photo Pages >> El Mirador - Ancient Village or Settlement in Guatemala
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Multi-periodSite Name: El MiradorCountry: Guatemala
NOTE: This site is 1.012 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Carmelita, Guatemala
Latitude: 17.752980N Longitude: 89.91303W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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john_op_stap visited on 16th Apr 2004 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 1 It seems more work has been done since I was there. Worth the two day walk getting there though. Hope they can keep excavating, and finally find the evidence that , imho, at one point Maya and Olmec shared one general culture and were not distinct populations...
Andy B have visited here
El Mirador "the Lookout" was one of the largest city states of the Mayan world. Covering ten square miles it had an estimated maximum population of 80,000. The polity was at its height from 300BC to 100AD, although evidence from excavations indicate the area was occupied much earlier and was only abandoned at around 900 AD.
Portions of the giantic site have been excavated, but the archaeologists with active yearly digs re-bury their finds at the end of each season to deter looters. The result is a site covered by a thick jungle forest. Three large pyramids tower over 120 feet. The tallest is Danta Pyramid at 230-250 feet tall.
Part of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, in the Mirador Basin National Monument. El Mirador is currently inaccessible except by helicopter or a 5 day minimum hiking or horseback expedition. Expeditions can be mounted from the village of Carmeltia, a 50 mile bus ride from the regional capitol of Flores.
Note: the location given is roughly at the center of the large rectangle of public buildings. Google maps show the tops of several pyramids towering above the surrounding forest.
Note: Talking Turkey. Earliest use of turkey as imported domestic animal by the Maya. See comment.
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