Altar de Sacrificios is a ceremonial center and archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, situated near the confluence of the Pasión and Salinas Rivers (where they combine to form the Usumacinta River), in the present-day department of Petén, Guatemala. Along with Seibal and Dos Pilas, Altar de Sacrificios is one of the better-known and most intensively-excavated sites, although the site itself does not seem to have been a major political force in the Late Classic period.[1]. This site dominated the Usumacinta trade route circa 450 CE, and has signs of occupation dating to approximately 1000 BCE.
Notes
- ^ Houston (1993), p.14.
References
- Houston, Stephen D. (1993). Hieroglyphs and History at Dos Pilas: Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 0-292-73855-2.
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Coordinates: 16°28′01″N 90°31′59″W / 16.467°N 90.533°W
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