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  Kaminaljuyu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Las Charcas culture inhabited Kaminaljuyu during this Middle Formative Period, which is evident by the stratigraphic position of Las Charcas deposits below those of the Late Formative period.
Those found at Kaminaljuyu are generally of reddish brown clay and some have a white slip.
Excavations at Kaminaljuyu indicate the communities of the Middle Formative were sedentary and large enough to produce heavy refuse deposits.
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 Kaminaljuyu (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The area was largely swallowed up by real estate developments in the late 20th century, although a portion of the center of Kaminaljuyu is preserved as a park.
The abundance of remains from this period at Kaminaljuyu indicate it was the seat of a large community.
There are two major mounds at the site of Kaminaljuyu: Mound A and Mound B. Mound A contains most of the material Culture of Las Charcas, although There is evidence for a small amount of activity at Mound B during the Middle Formative.
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Kaminaljuyu was a large and prosperous city that influenced many smaller cultures, and in its turn was included as part of the great Miraflores Phase of the Late Formative Period development (300
A remarkable aspect of Kaminaljuyu art that has survived over the centuries is the presence of natural boulders shaped like potbellied men.
Kaminaljuyu was a shrine city for the deity Tlaloc, the god of rain, and for Xipe Totec, the flayed god of spring.
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Kaminaljuyu is a Pre-Columbian site of the Maya civilization, in highland Guatemala, now within modern Guatemala City.
Kaminaljuyu has been described as one of the greatest of all archaeological sites in the New World by Michael Coe, although the remains of the site today are less impressive than many other Maya sites more frequented by tourists.
The site was first excavated in 1925 by Manuel Gamio when he made stratigraphic excavations and found deep cultural deposits yielding potsherds and clay figurines from the Middle Cultures (from 1500 B.C.E. to 150 A.D.).
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 Sculpture from Kaminaljuyu and the Pacific Coast
Some of the oldest known hieroglyphic texts from Guatemala are found on Preclassic sculpture from Kaminaljuyu and the southern coast.
Characteristics of the "pot-belly" genre are the closed eyes, mouth in a blowing position and naked body.
A seated jaguar with a maize husk on his head is one of the most common themes found on vertical pedestal sculptures.
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Within the confines of modern Guatemala City is the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyu.
The center of Kaminaljuyu was located a short distance from the oldest part of Guatemala City.
The central ceremonial center of Kaminaljuyu was protected by the Guatemalan government and is now a park within the city.
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Kaminaljuyu ist eine Maya-Ruine am Rande der guatemaltekischen Hauptstadt Guatemala City.
Es dürfte einen starken Einfluss der aztekischen Stadt Teotihuacán gegeben haben wobei Kaminaljuyu als Grenzstadt zum restlichen Mayagebiet fungierte.
In der Neuzeit wurde Kaminaljuyu erstmals Ende des 19.
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 Stone sculpture from Kaminaljuyu, picture 17 Popol Vuh museum of archaeology, Guatemala. (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Stone sculpture from Kaminaljuyu, picture 17 Popol Vuh museum of archaeology, Guatemala.
These page feature archaeology information and Images of pre-Columbian Maya art from the Museo Popol Vuh.
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