<< Our Photo Pages >> Zaculeu - Ancient Village or Settlement in Guatemala
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Multi-periodSite Name: Zaculeu Alternative Name: ChinabajulCountry: Guatemala
NOTE: This site is 22.211 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Huehuetenango Nearest Village: San Lorenzo
Latitude: 15.333350N Longitude: 91.49276W
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 12th Mar 2004 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Tdiver visited on 1st Jan 1991 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3 Access: 4.5
Heavily "restored" by the United Fruit Company (!) under John M. Dimick and Stanley Harding Boggs, who believed that covering the site with tonnes of cement was a viable archaeological method. See Chichen Itza in Mexico and Tazumal in El Salvador.
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Note: "whatever this building is supposed to have been, I have not succeeded in figuring it out. Any ideas?"
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