Kaminaljuyú archaeological site

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Kaminaljuyú archaeological site is an ancient pre-Columbian Maya city known for its extensive ruins, including pyramidal mounds and carved stone monuments, now located within modern Guatemala City.

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Kaminaljuyú 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Maya city
ancient city
archaeological site
abandonedInCentury 9th century CE
archaeologicalCulture Maya peoples
surface form: Highland Maya
associatedWith Teotihuacan influence
coordinateSystem WGS84
country Guatemala NERFINISHED
culture Maya civilization
excavatedBy Alfred V. Kidder
Edwin M. Shook NERFINISHED
Jorge F. Guillemín
flourishedInCentury 1st century CE
2nd century CE
3rd century CE
4th century CE
foundedInCentury 1st millennium BCE
hasArtifactType altars
ceramic vessels
jade ornaments
obsidian tools
stelae
hasEconomicRole regional trade center
hasFeature ballcourts
burial mounds
carved stone monuments
causeways
ceremonial architecture
platform mounds
pyramidal mounds
hasFunction ceremonial center
political center
hasModernStatus partly destroyed by urban development
partly preserved as archaeological park
hasNameMeaning “Hill of the Dead” in Kʼicheʼ
hasWaterSource former Miraflores Lake
heritageDesignation national archaeological park of Guatemala
knownFor early Maya urbanism
extensive ruins
long occupation sequence
monumental architecture
locatedIn Guatemala NERFINISHED
Guatemala City
Mesoamerica
partOf Guatemala Highlands
surface form: Guatemalan Highlands
region Valley of Guatemala
timePeriod Classic period
Preclassic period
withinCityDistrict Guatemala City
surface form: Zone 7 of Guatemala City

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Guatemala City hasLandmark Kaminaljuyú archaeological site
Classic period in Mesoamerica hasMajorCenter Kaminaljuyú archaeological site
this entity surface form: Kaminaljuyú