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	Tour By Mexico ® - Piedras Negras in Coahuila State, Mexico
		Piedras Negras is well-known for its ranches where sportsmen can hunt species of high-class.
		Piedras Negras, a welcoming city that invites stories of progress and friendship to be written upon its blank pages.
		The Expo Piedras Negras Fair is celebrated in August (9 - 14); and the Popular Fair on April 28th.
	www.tourbymexico.com /coahuila/pidrnegr/piedrasn.htm (657 words)

	Copper Canyon Adventures/Guatemala: For personal service, local knowledge and trips designed to YOUR schedule to Maya ...
		Piedras Negras (Black Rocks), Guatemala is one of the most remote of all ancient Maya cities and consequently one of the least-visited and best-preserved.
		Interestingly, one of the pioneers of contemporary research on the Maya, Tatiana Prouskourikoff, is buried in the main Acropolis of "J Group" in Piedras Negras, with a plaque marking the spot and honoring this insightful and forward-thinking scientist.
		The rediscovery of the largest known cenote of Mesoamerica at Piedras Negras, although now dry, leads credence to why Yokib, a large opening, was chosen for the emblem glyph of this large city-state.
	www.coppercanyonadventures.com /Piedras_Negras.html (2313 words)

	Piedras Negras
		The Maya city of Piedras Negras is located in the northern part of the Usumacinta River, on the Guatemalan side, approximately 40 km by water north of the Maya city of Yaxchilan.
		Piedras Negras was first excavated by archaeologists J. Alden Mason and Linton Satterthwaite from the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.
		That Piedras Negras was located on the Usumacinta River was of strategic importance for the control of commerce from the Gulf of Mexico to central Peten and interior Maya cities.
	www.palenquemx.com /piedrasnegras/piedrasnegras.eng.htm (545 words)

	Piedras Negras, Coahuila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing (INEGI), in 2005 the population of the county of Piedras Negras was of 143,915 habitants; this is equal to 5.6% of the population of Coahuila.
		Piedras negras has a high growing rate due to it being a border city where exporting industries are constantly growing and ilegal immigrants hoping to cross the border; it is estimated that in a few years it will become the third most populated city in the state of Coahuila, passing Monclova.
		On 4 April 2004, the Río Escondido (a tributary of the Río Bravo) broke its banks and some 80 residents of the Piedras Negras area were killed or disappeared in the resulting flash floods.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piedras_Negras,_Coahuila (709 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Piedras Negras, Guatemala
		Piedras Negras is the modern name for a ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization located on the north bank of the Usumacinta River[?] in the Peten department of Guatemala.
		Piedras Negras seems to have been an independent city-state for most of the Classic Period, although sometimes in alliance with other states of the region and perhaps paying tribute to others at times.
		An archeological project at Piedras Negras was conducted by the University of Pennsylvania from 1931 to 1939.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/pi/Piedras_Negras%2C_Guatemala (241 words)

	FAMSI - Research Department - Piedras Negras Archaeology, 1931-1939
		The selection of Piedras Negras as the University of Pennsylvania Museum's first long-term project in southern Mesoamerica was based on a recommendation from Sylvanus G. Morley of the Carnegie Institution of Washington to J. Alden Mason.
		The results of the University Museum's excavations at Piedras Negras, together with work by the archaeologists of the Carnegie Institution of Washington at Chichén Itzá in northern Yucatan and Uaxactún in the central Petén region of Guatemala, played an important role in the development of modern archaeology in the Maya area.
		Piedras Negras Archaeology, 1931-1939 represents the republication of both the Piedras Negras Papers and Piedras Negras Archaeology: Architecture, as well as the first publication of several essays by Frank Cresson and Linton Satterthwaite.
	www.famsi.org /research/piedras_negras/u_penn (1021 words)

	Illustration of Piedras Negras in Guatemala
		Piedras Negras is, by and large, inaccessible and covered by jungle foliage.
		Along the banks of the river is a large boulder with the emblem glyph of Piedras Negras carved on it and facing skyward.
		NOTE: At the time of this writing, Piedras Negras is threatened with the greatest catastrophe that could befall it: a proposal to build a hydro electric dam some 30 miles downstream on the Usumacinta River at Boca de Cerro.
	mayavision.com /piedrasnegras.html (617 words)

	Piedras Negras (Maya site) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Piedras Negras is the modern name for a ruined city of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization located on the north bank of the Usumacinta River in the Petén department of Guatemala.
		An archeological project at Piedras Negras was conducted by the University of Pennsylvania from 1931 to 1939 under the direction of J. Alden Mason and Linton Satterthwaite.
		Further archeological work here was conducted from 1997 to 2000, directed by Stephen Houston of Brigham Young University and Hector Escobedo of the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, with permission from the Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala (IDAEH).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Piedras_Negras,_Guatemala (436 words)

	piedras negras 2004
		We made a careful look at one of the most enigmatic pyramids at Piedras Negras, a structure seldom visited by those few who make the trek to the site—it is simply too difficult to get to and has had little attention—until very recently.
		Piedras Negras remains much like it was when it was first "discovered" in the 1800s.
		At Piedras Negras, the cameras were drenched in sweat and constant high humidity.
	www.edgarcayce.org /am/piedrasnegras200.html (1598 words)

	Piedras Negras, Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Piedras Negras is the modern name for a ruined city of the Pre-Columbian Maya civilization located onthe north bank of the Usumacinta River in the Peten department of Guatemala.
		Piedras Negras seems to have been an independent city-state for most of the Classic Period, although sometimes in alliancewith other states of the region and perhaps paying tribute to others at times.
		Its mostimpressive period of sculpture and architecture dated from about 608 through 810, although there is some evidence that Piedras Negras was already a city of some importanceearlier.
	www.therfcc.org /piedras-negras%2C-guatemala-52947.html (327 words)

	Piedras Negras - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		PIEDRAS NEGRAS [Piedras Negras] [Span.,=fl stones], ruined city of the Classic era of the Maya, NW Petén, Guatemala, in the Usumacinta valley.
		Guardian of the Acropolis: the sacred space of a royal burial at Piedras Negras, Guatemala.(Reports)
		PIEDRAS NEGRAS, MEXICO -- A bus lies on its side in the Escondido River in Piedras Negras, Mexico, on Monday, April 5, 2004.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-piedrsnguat.html (296 words)

	piedras negras 2004
		We made a careful look at one of the most enigmatic pyramids at Piedras Negras, a structure seldom visited by those few who make the trek to the site—it is simply too difficult to get to and has had little attention—until very recently.
		Piedras Negras remains much like it was when it was first "discovered" in the 1800s.
		At Piedras Negras, the cameras were drenched in sweat and constant high humidity.
	edgarcayce.org /am/piedrasnegras200.html (1598 words)

	Piedras Negras report
		He was amazingly open and not only answered all our questions, but he gave us details of all the most recent digs at Piedras Negras as well as revealing the ideas and hypotheses held by various archaeologists who have an inordinate interest in Piedras Negras.
		While cutting a path around the steep side of the Acropolis, in an area of dense jungle growth, we could occasionally see the outer layer of fitted stone blocks that formed the impressive, steep walls of the mountain when it was adapted as a building platform.
		Piedras Negras remains much like it was when it was first "discovered" in the 1800s.
	www.mysterious-america.net /piedrasnegrasrep.html (1016 words)

	UPM Archives - Expedition Records - Piedras Negras - Expedition Summary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Piedras Negras is a Maya site in Guatemala particularly noted for the beautifully sculpted stelae and hieroglyphic inscriptions it has yielded.
		Some of the records for these trips can be found among the Piedras Negras record group, but most of them have been transferred to a separate group, Linton Satterthwaite— Various Sites (see separate listing).
		Tatiana Proskouriakoff, an eminent figure in Maya archaeology, especially the study of Maya art, architecture, and epigraphy, began her archaeological career on the Piedras Negras expedition during the seasons of 1936 and 1937.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/edu/archives/DC-ER-Piedras_Negras_ES.shtml (961 words)

	Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico travel guide
		Piedras Negras is a small city of about 200,000 people at the northern border of the Mexican state of Coahuila, Mexico.
		Piedras Negras is known as "La Puerta de Mexico" (Mexico's Door), although many visitors find it to be much less touristy than other border towns, and a visit there seems much more authentically "Mexican." Piedras Negras is the home of the Nacho, a classic Tex-Mex dish of cheeze and tortilla chips.
		The area surrounding Piedras Negras is ranchland, and also a popular area for hunting game.
	www.world66.com /northamerica/mexico/piedras_negras_co (175 words)

	Salt Lake City Weekly - Tacos Terrificos
		Ditto for Taqueria Piedras Negras, where the tacos are slightly more costly than on the street ($1.25 each), but where there’s seating, service and a wider array of taco choices than on the sidewalk.
		In that sense, Taqueria Piedras Negras is authentic to the core.
		The tacos at Taqueria Piedras Negras are served as they are in Mexico: Each taco consists of two small (CD-sized) overlapped warm corn tortillas with a hot filling on top, usually meat.
	www.slweekly.com /editorial/2002/dine_2002-04-11.cfm (1276 words)

	Piedras Negras Mexico Hotels
		Piedras Negras area for your next family vacation, romantic weekend getaways, holiday, or business trip.
		The Holiday Inn Express Hotel Piedras Negras is located near the industrial zone and close to the biggest Shopping Centers in the city.
		Search our Piedras Negras accommodation section and book your reservation directly with each budget, mid priced, boutique or five star luxury hotel in the Piedras Negras area for the cheapest rates and best deals.
	www.hotelrooms.com /North_America_Mexico_Piedras_Negras.html (272 words)

	BYU Broadcasting \| Piedras Negras - Piecing Together The Past
		Piedras Negras is the largest Classic Maya city in the western Maya Lowlands, located on the Guatemalan bank of the Usumacinta River.
		Its existence, and the rich record of its sculptures and buildings, led to intensive fieldwork by the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, in the 1930s and, more recently, to years of investigations by the Piedras Negras Project of Brigham Young University and the Universidad del Valle.
		See where Piedras Negras is on a map of the country of Guatemala.
	www.byubroadcasting.org /pttp/intro.asp (276 words)

	Piedras Negras- Weeks, Hill, Golden (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More importantly, the Piedras Negras project developed the logistical and methodological criteria that are now standard in the field.
		Fewer than a dozen copies of the preliminary papers were issued between 1933 and 1936; the later descriptive and interpretive essays of the architecture series have likewise become rare.
		Piedras Negras Archaeology, 1931-1939 reintroduces to the scholarly community and public these pioneering works, meticulously scanned and edited from the fragile originals, with all the maps, tables, line art, and photographs from the initial reports, and an interpretive essay and index for modern readers.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/publications/PiedrasNegras.shtml (300 words)

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	Piedras Begras Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The site of Piedras Negras is situated along the east bank of the Usumacinta River on the Guatemalan side of the border with Chiapas, Mexico on the other side.
		Piedras Negras is known for many limestone stella sculptures mostly dating to the eight century AD.
		Partially excavated by the University of Pennsylvania in the 1930's, Piedras Negras it is currently under excavation by the direction of Stephen D. Houston of Brigham Young University.
	fhss.byu.edu /anthro/webpages/homepages/pn.html (126 words)

	Piedras Negras, Guatemala
		The ancient Maya language name seems to have been have been Yokib ("Great Gateway" or "The Entrance").
		By her request, Prouskourikoff was buried here after he death.
		It is today part of Guatemala's "Selva Lacandona" national park.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/pi/piedras_negras__guatemala.html (341 words)

	Alcoa: AFL Automotive - Piedras Negras: News: News from AFL Automotive - Piedras Negras
		I arrived in Piedras Negras looking for the main plaza where AFL's volunteer brigade was to gather and then visit co-workers' homes to assess damages and assist them with clean-up efforts.
		Someone had placed a figure of Christ on a cross next to her and I assumed someone had been praying before them after the flood waters had subsided.
		A brigade of AFL volunteers gathered on Saturday, Apr. 17, 2004 to help coworkers who received damages to their homes and to access damages of the Piedras Negras flood.
	www.alcoa.com /locations/alcoa_location/en/news/news_221.asp?code=221 (591 words)

	The Haunted Railroad Hotel of Piedras Negras, Mexico.
		The railroad bridge joining Piedras Negras with Eagle Pass.
		ne of the few remaining 19th Century buildings in Piedras Negras can be found a literal "stone’s throw" from the southernmost abutment of the railroad bridge that joins that city with Eagle Pass.
		Owned by the city of Piedras Negras, the two-story former hotel was thought to have been built in the early 1900s until Eagle Pass Historian Al Kinnsal found an ad for hotel dated 1888.
	www.texasescapes.com /Mexico/Piedras-Negras-Haunted-Railroad-Hotel.htm (533 words)

	A Trip to Piedras Negras
		It was he who told me about Willy Fonseca, the owner of Vallescondido, the restaurant that serves all the tour buses on their way to Yaxchilán and Bonampák.
		It probably us only took around 20 minutes to get to Piedras Negras by boat and, despite the river being quite low, the so-called rapids were little more than ripples.
		During his actual tour of Piedras Negras, Willy brought along a sheaf of copies of drawings by Tatiana Proskouriakoff, a noted artist and archaeologist.
	www.mostlymaya.com /Trips/PNdaytrip.html (1933 words)

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	Piedras Negras Industrial Park
		Piedras Negras is the road to Saltillo the state capital, also known as the little Mexican Detroit because of the assembly plants for General Motors, and Chrysler.
		The international airport in San Antonio, Texas is just a two hour drive from Piedras Negras.
		Housing for your executives can be found in both Piedras Negras, and Eagle Pass.
	www.parqueindustrialpn.com /pnc.htm (295 words)

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