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<< Text Pages >> Altun Ha - Ancient Village or Settlement in Belize

Submitted by SolarMegalith on Monday, 07 March 2011  Page Views: 4019

Multi-periodSite Name: Altun Ha
Country: Belize Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Belize City  Nearest Village: Rockstone Pond
Latitude: 17.763400N  Longitude: 88.34656W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Ancient Village or Settlement in

Ruins of Altun Ha are located west from village of Rockstone Pond, near the Northern Highway leading through North Belize. Most of the buildings were constructed in Classic Period (200 - 900 AC). The site includes about 500 structures, mainly pyramids, residential buildings and tombs.
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