Altar of Sacrificios (in Spanish: "altar of sacrifice") is an archaeological site of pre-Columbian civilization Mayan located near the confluence of the River Pasin and Salinas River (at which point they form the Ro Usumacinta ) in the Department of Peten in Guatemala. With Seibal and Dos Pilas , Altar of Sacrificios is one of the excavation sites of Guatemala's best-known although it seems to have been only of minor importance to the Maya ^History

Archaeological excavations indicate that the site dates back to the early Middle Preclassic . The site has many monuments dating in long count of 455 to 849. Its peak is at Late Classic. Altar of Sacrificios dominated the trade route of the Rio Usumacinta.

Related articles

• Maya civilization
• Maya
• List of Maya sites

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References

• (In) This article is partially or entirely from the article in English entitled " Altar of Sacrificios "(see the list of authors )
• (In) Stephen D. Houston, Hieroglyphs and History at Dos Pilas: Dynastic Politics of the Classic Maya, University of Texas Press ( ISBN 0292738552 )

• Guatemala portal
• Portal Pre-Columbian America

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