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	Quirigua, dominant Mayan City of south territory
		Quirigua is just 94 kilometers from Puerto Barrios on the road to Guatemala City, making it the closest place from the capital to see important ruins.
		Quirigua is one of the smallest Mayan cities, but one of the most notable due to its splendid series of monuments.
		Quirigua was probably founded in the Late Pre-Classic era and flourished until the 10th century, when it was abandoned for unknown reasons.
	www.enjoyguatemala.com /quirigua.htm (153 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Looper, Lightning Warrior
		Quirigua was established on the north bank of the Motagua, a river originating in the highlands of western Guatemala near the ancient trading center of Chichicastenango.
		The discovery of the historical identities of the rulers of Quirigua by David Kelley in 1962 had little effect on the study of their monuments, which was largely confined to the identification of the subjects of the portraits (Kubler 1969:15-18; Miller 1983).
		At Quirigua restriction of access was further implied by the impassive, unapproachable features of the royal portraits that stare over the heads of the viewer, as well as perimeter foundations, which functioned rather like a velvet rope at a museum.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exloolig.html (15959 words)

	Quirigua
		Quirigua's archaeological zone is famed for its intricately carved stelae -gigantic sandstone monoliths up to l0.5m tall -that rise like ancient sentinels in a quiet tropical park.
		The village of Quirigua is 1.5km east of Los Amates, and the turnoff to the ruins is 1.5km farther east.
		Quirigua's history parallels that of Copan, of which it was a dependency during much of the Classic period.
	www.delange.org /Quirigua1/Quirigua1.htm (372 words)

	PlanetPapers - Enigmatic Quirigua
		The ruins of Quirigua are found amidst a banana plantation established at the turn of the century by the United Fruit Company.
		The greatest leader of Quirigua, during whose reign seven of the nine stelae were erected, was Cauac Sky (or Kawak Sky) founder of the Sky Dynasty, who ruled the city for sixty years.
		From this time on, it appears that Quirigua was an autonomous city and controlled the main trade route from the Caribbean to the Maya world, which passed through the Motagua basin, as Copan declined.
	www.planetpapers.com /Assets/2631.php (740 words)

	Enigmatic Quirigua
		Quirigua's remains have been rescued from the jungle and restored numerous times, most recently by archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania during the late 1970s.
		Stephens had hoped to purchase Quirigua and ship its monuments to New York, but local landowners demanded an exorbitant price, and the wily diplomat was unable to strike up a satisfactory deal.
		Quirigua lies near a major geologic fault, and there is also evidence suggesting that a devastating earthquake could have dealt a final blow to the city, forcing its remaining citizens to flee and leave their magnificent monuments behind as silent witnesses to the passing centuries.
	www.mayadiscovery.com /ing/archaeology/quirigua.htm (1101 words)

	Quirigua Mayan Archaeological Park, Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Quirigua is situated in the valley of the Motagua River, between the slopes of the Sierra de las Minas and the rugged Montaña Espiritu Santo, and surrounded by a sea of banana plantations.
		Quirigua is one of the smaller Mayan sites, but also one of the most notable due to the artistry of its stelae, which Mayan rulers during the Classic Period commissioned to commemorate important political and dynastic events.
		Quirigua features a total of 22 carved stelae and zoomorphs (large boulders carved to represent animals and covered with figures and glyphs), which are among the finest examples of classic Mayan stone carvings.
	www.sailing-diving-guatemala.com /Destinations/Quirigua.htm (827 words)

	SharerR_5_1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Quirigua Project is nearing the completion of a five year program of archaeological research at the lowland Maya site of Quirigua, Guatemala.
		Quirigua's growth in prestige and power during Cauac Sky's reign seems to have been based on its control of the rich trade along the Motagua valley route, a corridor for the transport of jade and obsidian from their highland sources to the Caribbean coast.
		Quirigua's rise to power is dramatically reflected in the archaeological record by a massive building program that transformed a former small residential compound into a large "royal" administration center for the lower Montagua valley.
	www.bu.edu /jfa/Abstracts/S/SharerR_5_1.html (327 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Quirigua was a satellite city-state second in importance to Copan (just across the border with Honduras).
		Quirigua flourished during the classical period of the Maya (800 a/c.
		Quirigua is best known for the largest sculptures of the ancient Maya including the famous zoo morphs (animal shaped bass-relieved stones).
	www.tijax.com /history.htm (1165 words)

	Hieroglyphs and History at Copán
		Quirigua's monuments were produced over the course of three reigns, making them somewhat less interesting for viewing changes through time, yet even within this relatively short span we see interesting and significant shifts in how inscriptions were conceived and presented.
		The significance of the change cannot be easily overstated, for in the case of Copán it occurred after centuries of stelae dedications by at least fifteen previous kings.
		The Demise of Ruler 13 and of Copán
	www.peabody.harvard.edu /Copan/text.html (5141 words)

	Photos from Quirigua (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Quirigua was Copan's most important dependency, providing its rulers with strategic access to the trade routes and mineral resources of the Motagua River valley.
		Interestingly, in the aftermath of Copan's lost war [where Cauac Sky of Quirigua captured and sacrificed 18 Rabbit of Copan], the type of monumental strategy pursued by Smoke-Imix and 18-Rabbit was perpetuated at Quirigua.
		Cauac Sky's design for Quirigua's Great Plaza is strongly reminiscent of Copan's; his assembly of stelae, concentrated in this location, seems to reflect something of an appropriation of his former overlord's most important monumental work.
	www.bonus.com /contour/Mayan_Ruins/http@@/mayaruins.com/quirigua.html (339 words)

	stars
		The panel in the Temple of the Cross was an indication that he had passed his tests with flying colors, The boy, when he became a ruler, had the panel created as part of his historic past.
		However, we are discussing Monument P of Quirigua that M. Finley of Canada placed in his samples to test his Maya Calendar calculator.
		However, the Quirigua segment shown in the bottom left of Figure 3, instead, appears to contain the star elements taken from p.
	www.mayalords.org /mayafldr/stars.html (953 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2003010416 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Quirigua, although well-studied archaeologically, has not received this kind of single dedicated study of monuments.
		Impressive not only for their colossal size, high sculptural quality, and eloquent hieroglyphic texts, the sculptures of Quirigua are also one of the few complete, in situ series of Maya monuments anywhere, which makes them a crucial source of information about ancient Maya spirituality and political practice within a specific historical context.
		In particular, Matthew Looper focuses on the role of stelae and other sculpture in representing the persona of the ruler not only as a political authority but also as a manifestation of various supernatural entities with whom he was associated through ritual performance.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/texas041/2003010416.html (257 words)

	Quirigua: View of Great Plaza (#a2_1039) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is interesting to consider Quirigua's relation with a network of large, apparently powerful non-Maya sites located to its east, in the lower drainage of the Motagua Valley.
		The rise of the Lower Motagua Valley (LMV) centers appears to correspond closely to the Late Classic florescence of Quirigua, and they appear to have figured importantly in its commercial sphere...Edward Schortman and Seiichi Nakamura (1991) believe that the LMV sites operated in a commercial domain that rivaled Copan's La Venta Valley/Naca Valley trading network.
		Sanders has made the very interesting suggestion that Quirigua's victory in its war with Copan may have been accomplished with the alliance of its Lower Motagua Valley neighbors.
	mayaruins.com /quirigua/a2_1039.html (329 words)

	San Diego Museum of Man - The Story of the Maya Glyphs
		The Quirigua monuments are of two types: tall stelae with human figures carved on both faces and columns of hieroglyphic writing on the narrow sides, and low, animal-shaped blocks bearing similar inscriptions on their backs and sides.
		The researchers concerned themselves with making exact copies of the monuments because they realized that the original carvings were being eroded by the action of the elements.
		It is fortunate that the casts were done at that time; today the originals show weathering while the copies have retained their sculptured details despite the passage of time.
	www.museumofman.org /html/mayaglyphs.html (417 words)

	Copan Quirigua Rio Dulce Itinerary & Rates
		First to Copan, one of the most celebrated Mayan sites in Honduras, then to Quirigua where the largest blocks of stone quarried by the Maya are to be found.
		Inhabited since the 2nd century A.D., Quirigua had become during the reign of Cauac Sky (723—84) the capital of an autonomous and prosperous state.
		The ruins of Quirigua contain some outstanding 8th-century monuments and an impressive series of carved stelae and sculpted calendars that constitute an essential source for the study of Mayan civilization.
	www.travelvantage.com /tou_gua_trans.html (1177 words)

	Touristic Excellencies of the Caribbean & Americas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The rest of the land is covered by huge banana plantations that once belonged to the United Fruit Co., the same U.S. company that pulled some evil strings locally during a considerable chunk of the 20th century.
		Nothing was known about Quirigua until the year 1839, when John Lloyd Stephens, an American scientist who was wandering around the premises to study the steles of the neighboring Mayan city of Copan (Honduras), dug it out for all the world to see.
		In Quirigua, travelers can gaze at the most important cluster of Mayan steles in Guatemala and only second to Honduras’ Copan in the Americas, just 40 miles away from each other.
	www.excelencias.com /articulo.asp?art=428 (2506 words)

	Condor Journeys - Copan and Rio Dulce - Guatemala
		Quirigua is a true treasure, so exceptional and noble that it has been designated as Heritage for Humanity.
		The stelae of Quirigua were carved centimetre by centimetre and are the ultimate proof of the Maya's artistic skills.
		Early departure from Guatemala City or Antigua to cross the border of Honduras to visit the archeological park of Copan, with ruins of antique buildings, ball courts, steles and plazas of the Mayan city founded in the classic period.
	www.condorjourneys-adventures.com /guatemala_copan.asp (455 words)

	Quirigua: Stela H (#a2_1048) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first seven glyphs of the initial block record the Initial Series date of 9.16.0.0.0 using bar-and-dot notation.
		Only one other Maya monumental text is known to follow this diagnoal pattern, that being Cancuen Stela 3, a fragmentary sculpture from a small site in the southernmost lowlands some 150 km (90 miles) northwest of Quirigua.
		Robert J. Sharer, Quirigua: A Classic Maya Center and Its Sculptures, Carolina Academic Press, 1990, p.
	mayaruins.com /quirigua/a2_1048.html (172 words)

	Chichen Itza Seibal Uxmal Quirigua Pictures of Record
		Quirigua, a late Maya site on the Motagua River, may have been a dependency of Copan and thus related to Copan both historically and stylistically.
		At least one stela at Quirigua appears to have been carved by a Copan sculptor.
		This set includes details of the Quirigua stelae, two of which are the largest in the world, as well as the zoomorphic altars and the rare full-figure glyphs.
	www.picturesofrecord.com /maya.htm (552 words)

	Maya World Circuit
		Today you will see extensive banana plantations to the left, and soon you will turn off the main road to visit Quirigua, beautifully located in an island of forest reserve lost in a sea of bananas.
		Quirigua at one time rivaled Copan, and the stelae found there are some of the largest and most intricate.
		In the afternoon, an optional trip by launch through the Rio Dulce Canyon National Park to Livingston on the Caribbean is suggested.
	www.lostworldadventures.com /itinerary.php/iid/51 (1167 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Damage to stelae and buildings were witnessed at Quirigua, Guatemala, during an expedition underway when the 1976 M = 7.5 Guatemala earthquake struck.
		Excavations revealed evidence for earlier earthquake damage around the time of the demise and abandonment of Quirigua in the mid-9th century.
		Striking evidence for sudden earthquake building collapse at the end of the Mayan Classic Period ~ A.D. 830 was found at the ruins of Benque Viejo (Xunantunich), Belize, located 210 km north of Quirigua.
	pangea.stanford.edu /~kov/Maya.html (275 words)

	History in Review - Lightning Warrior - Maya Art and Kingship at Quirigua
		The ancient Classic Maya city of Quirigua is perhaps best known for its well-persevered sculptures and for the size of its public monuments.
		By taking this integrated approach to the study of the Quirigua monuments, Looper is able to provide unique and innovative insights into this period.
		In the process, he also shows how the political, social, and religious practices of Quirigua are related to other Classical Mayan centers, such as Copan, and he chronicles the development of Maya art.
	www.largeprintreviews.com /quirigua.html (493 words)

	Mayan World: Archaeological Sites of Guatemala (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was also during these years that Quireguá had a fierce rivalry with its neighbor, Copán, which it conquered in 738 A.D. During this conquest the rulers of Quiriguá captured Copán's king.
		Quirigua's Main Group of buildings is similar to Copán's.
		Its largest architectural complex has an Acropolis at the south end and a Grand Plaza to the north.
	www.mayan-world.com /ruinas/guatem2-m.htm (1696 words)

	Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		The ruins of Quirigua in Guatemala do not in any way compare with those of the “nearby” Mayan cities of Tikal and Copan or of those in Yucatan such as Palenque, Chichen Itza and Uxmal.
		Its main advantage is its relatively easy access from Guatemala City 220 kms away on the main highway to Puerto Barrios.
		The stelae are however considered the finest examples of Mayan carving anywhere and, because of the hardness of the local sandstone (elsewhere the Mayans tended to use limestone), have been preserved in amazing detail
	worldheritagesite.org /sites/quirigua.html (250 words)

	Rio Dulce and Quirigua
		At some point in the middle of the night the power came back on and our 'room' was suddenly brightly illuminated by the single light bulb.
		For most of its history Quirigua was a subservient state to Copan.
		However 737 A.D., their greater leader Cauac Sky ambushed the Eighteen Rabbit the king of Copan and decapitated him.
	members.shaw.ca /rmhall/CA_2003/t_RioDulce.htm (486 words)

	Mayan Discovery Tour ( 7 DAYS ) \| ruins \| history
		Tikal, Yaxha, Quirigua, and Aguateca are all yours to see but with more time to enjoy them.
		Depart Antigua for Poptun in the Peten jungle region of northern Guatemala.
		Transport from Rio Dulce to the ruins of Quirigua
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/4583.html (247 words)

	Public Anthropology
		lasted 200 years and Quirigua 350 years by using the date found on Stela 9 of Copan.
		He states that more than likely the date of A.D. 34 for the monuments he found of these two cities are likely not very correct.
		By calculating the difference between these stelae dates and the Mayan date figured out for 1536, the corresponding year can be calculated for the stelae at
	www.publicanthropology.org /Archive/Aa1901.htm (12084 words)

	Happy Fish Resort - Travel Tours Livingston Guatemala, Honduras and Caribbean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Livingston to Copan and Quirigua or vice versa
		We leave Livingston at 6:30 am on a boat to Puerto Barrios where we take a van to visit Quirigua; we continue our trip through the departments of El Progreso and Zacapa to finally find ourselves in the Honduran frontier.
		After the migration procedures, you will be taken to Copan, one of the most fascinating Mayan Ruins.
	www.happyfishresort.com /Ag.viajes.htm (372 words)

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