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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The sculptural corpus at Abaj Takalik is notable for examples at a scale which is truly colossal for the Maya area.
		When the total context of early Maya sculptural art at Abaj Takalik is considered, with other monuments included but not cited here, we suggest a conservative date of around 500 to 400 BC for the top surface carving of Altar 12.
		Abaj Takalik is now under development as a national archaeological park by the Instituto de Antropologia e Historia, Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes.
	mayaglyphs.net /abj11-1.html (2406 words)

	Maya Expeditions - Guatemala - Archaeology Pacific Coast Takalik Abaj More Information
		The hills of the mounds of Takalik Abaj (formally Abaj Takalik) were first thought to have built by the Olmec but now they think they built on top of natural hills.
		Takalik Abaj was a strategic communication between the Highlands and the South coast.
		The importance of Takalik Abaj, as one of the most ancient and extensive archaeological centers of the coastal plains, was first reported by Dr. Gustavo L. Bruhl, a botanist who visited the site in 1888.
	www.mayaexpeditions.com /archaeology/costa_sur/costa_sur_moreinfo.htm (523 words)

	Maya Royal Grave @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Little is known about this leader who ruled the long-deserted metropolitan center now known as Takalik Abaj, but his domain was one of "extraordinary power," says archaeologist Christa Schieber de Lavarreda of Guatemala's Ministry of Culture and Sport.
		(The name was recently corrected from the Spanish-style Abaj Takalik.) Several of the Maya monuments bear intricate inscriptions that have proved to be some of the oldest Maya glyphs.
		This king, buried in his regalia, is presumably the last of the Maya rulers at Takalik Abaj.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0405/feature4/index.html (649 words)

	Mesoweb Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Among the objects revealed were a jadeite necklace and bracelets, several rectangular plaques and tubes of the same material, earflares and three mirrors laminated with a pyrite mosaic, and a sculptured greenstone fish.
		Situated on the Pacific Slope of Guatemala, Takalik Abaj was one of the polities of the Southern Maya Area in which Maya civilization first developed during the Preclassic.
		It is hypothesized that a Maya group entered Takalik Abaj from the adjacent Guatemalan Highlands around the beginning of the Terminal Preclassic (c.
	www.mesoweb.com /reports/takalik_abaj.html (285 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Guernsey, Ritual and Power in Stone
		Certain sites, such as Izapa and Takalik Abaj, represented critically important crossroads of communication during the Late Preclassic between Mayan speakers to the east and Mixe-Zoquean-speaking peoples to the west.
		Takalik Abaj, which already by the Middle Preclassic period possessed a significant array of Olmec-style sculpture, appears to have been ethnically Maya by the Late Preclassic period.
		Takalik Abaj's location in the sloping piedmont, on a natural communication corridor between the adjacent Guatemalan Highlands and the coastal plain, undoubtedly contributed to its importance within the Late Preclassic political landscape.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exguerit.html (5838 words)

	Tres Zapotes
		JAMES B. The present study results from the author's participation, from 1977 on, in the University of California at Berkeley's archaeological sculpture project at the important Piedmont ruin of Abaj Takalik in the department of Retalhuleu, Guatemala.
		The discovery during the 1978-79 field season of Abaj Takalik Stela 50, a sculpture combining Olmec sculptural features with a Maya style dot-bar Initial Series, directed interest to other sculpture with Maya characteristics in and around the traditional Gulf Coast "Olmec Heartland" in the states of Veracruz and Tabasco, Mexico.
		The end of this period of flourescence and expansion is marked, again as at Abaj Takalik, by the apperance of "combinant" sculptures exhibiting features of both Olmec and Maya style.
	members.fortunecity.com /mayaglyphs1/books/trez/000.html (923 words)

	Teams Explore Roots of Maya Civilization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Archaeologists have considered Chocolá to be a satellite to Abaj Takalik, an important Preclassic Maya center that produced some of the earliest Maya writing so far.
		Mapping efforts show that Chocolá may be as large as 12 square kilometers, even larger than Abaj Takalik.
		Chocolá was a city of ascending terraces, at the convergence of the Chocolá and the Chichoy Rivers, built around a center area of pyramids and plazas similar to the design of Abaj Takalik.
	www.uk.earthwatch.org /pubaffairs/news/kaplan.html (532 words)

	Maya Expeditions - Guatemala - Pacific Coast - Abaj Takalik - La Democracia - El Baul - Las Iluisiones - El Bilbao
		Takalik Abaj (formally Abaj Takalik), which in Maya means Standing Stone, began as a Pre-classic
		Takalik Abaj is one of the most important Pre-Hispanic sites of Guatemala.
		We hope the puzzle will be explained with the advancement of the project Abaj Takalik, which began in 1986 under the direction of Miguel Orrego Corozo.
	www.mayaexpeditions.com /archaeology/costa_sur/costa_sur_base.htm (267 words)

	Guatamala Travel - Guatemalan travel of Maya villages and Mayan Cities - Antigua Guatamala - Guatemala Travel Guide - ...
		Explore ancient Maya highland cities including the preclassic site of Abaj Takalik, where incised monuments echo themes found throughout Maya history, and visit Iximché, the still living Kaqchikel capital when the Spanish arrived.
		This fortified city and its people were not easily defeated, and as we climb over the ravines and moats protecting it we will begin to understand why.
		Candles and incense are often found burning in front of Pascual Abaj, and sometimes the idol is draped with parts of a chicken offered in sacrifice.
	www.farhorizon.com /ctrlamer/on_the_trail_of_the_shaman.htm (1807 words)

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		The archeological team working at Abaj Takalik, near the municipality of El Asintal in Guatemalaâs department of Retalhuleu, discovered a unique mask in a newly excavated burial site at this ancient Maya community.
		Mary Lou Ridinger, Jades, S.A. president and resident archeologist, was honored to be invited by the team to examine and assess the mask, which is more delicate and stylistically different from the previous jade masks excavated at Abaj Takalik.
		The recent finds from Abaj Takalik were reported by Christa Schiever de Lauarreda during a symposium in July.
	www.jademaya.com /news_details.asp?nid=7 (129 words)

	Issue #11 - Xela Pages Guatemalan Newsletter
		Abaj Takalik is one of the earliest known sites in the Mayan world.
		While Abaj Takalik is off the beaten track, a day's outing from your base in Retalhuleu will show you much about the Maya of Guatemala's south coast.
		Abaj Takalik is 30km west of Retalhuleu on the way to Coatepeque.
	www.xelapages.com /newsletter/issue11.htm (1700 words)

	Mayan Travel, create your tour and discover Guatemala
		Located near Retalhuleu, the archaeological site of Abaj Takalik shows an interesting combination of Olmec and Maya sculptural styles.
		Abaj Takalik covers about 9 square kilometers, much of which is coffee farms.
		Archaeologists believe the site was first occupied in about 800 BC and was inhabited for 1,400 years, until the city collapsed for unknown reasons in 500 or 600 AD.
	www.mayantravel.com /south.htm (609 words)

	Detail Page
		In all, more than 200 monumental stone pieces were discovered in Abaj Takalik's ruins.
		Colossal monuments, some weighing several tons, many life-size forms and other sculptures were carved from andesite boulders believed to have been quarried in the nearby Tuxtla Mountains.
		An innovation in Abaj Takalik sculpture is the portrayal of socks and sandals on the feet of the various personages represented.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=MES0002 (251 words)

	John Graham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Mesoamerican Archaeology, Field Research at the Ancient City of Abaj Takalik, Guatemala.
		Since 1975 Dr. Graham has been occupied primarily in the investigation and analysis of the ancient sculptures and hieroglyphic inscriptions from Abaj Takalik, Guatemala.
		Graham is a consultant for the Government zone investigations while continuing his UCB program in the remainder of the ruins and he is responsible for the interpretation and publication of all sculpture and hieroglyphic texts from the site.
	sscl.berkeley.edu /arf/main/graham.html (179 words)

	Takalik Abaj (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		El sitio arqueológico Tak'alik Ab'aj se encuentra en el sur-occidente de Guatemala, en el Municipio El Asintal del Departamento Retalhuleu.
		La extraordinaria riqueza cultural que caracteriza a Abaj Takalik está sembrada en el importante papel que desempeñó esta ciudad en este sistema de intercambio comercial a larga distancia que hizo fluir productos y materias primas desde el Istmo de Tehuantepec hasta El Salvador.
		La milenaria historia de Abaj Takalik es una de las más fascinantes de Mesoamérica.
	www.reuxtreme.com.cob-web.org:8888 /pg009.html (419 words)

	USATODAY.com - Ancient Maya city, artifacts are research treasure-trove (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		• At Takalik Abaj in southwestern Guatemala, a preclassic royal tomb has emerged from the remains of an astronomical observatory.
		Miguel Orrego Corzo and Christa Schhieber de Lavarreda of the Guatemalan Ministry of Culture and Sport believe the tomb held the last ruler of the site, dated to before A.D. Carved stones and jade ornaments also support evidence of a sophisticated culture among the early Maya.
		(Both the Cival and Takalik Abaj explorations are funded by the National Geographic Society.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-05-10-maya-city_x.htm (863 words)

	PrensaLibre.com - Un viaje al pasado (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		El Asintal /.-Retroceder en el tiempo para ubicarse en la época Preclásica maya es algo que puede lograrse durante una visita al sitio arqueológico Takalik Abaj (Piedra Parada, en idioma k’iche’), que se encuentra en la bocacosta del suroccidente del país, a 190.5 km de la capital, en jurisdicción de El Asintal.
		En 1972 fue bautizada por Suzanne Miles como Abaj Takalik, pero más tarde hablantes de ese idioma lo corrigieron como Takalik Abaj.
		Según los investigadores, Takalik Abaj fue una de las ciudades más fascinantes de nuestros ancestros en la Costa Sur.
	www.prensalibre.com /pl/2005/septiembre/11/123061.html (339 words)

	Abaj Takalik, Guatemala. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		Currently undergoing excavation, the site of Abaj Takalik (daily 9am–4pm; US$3.20) has already provided firm evidence of an Olmec influence reaching this area in the first century AD.
		A small building acts as the site musuem, containing a model of Abaj Takalik and assorted carvings and ceramics.
		To get to Abaj Takalik, take a local bus from Reu 15km east to the village of El Asintal, from where it's a 4km walk through coffee and cacao plantations.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/guatemala/abaj_takalik (243 words)

	Abaj Takalik Travel Information. Photos, Stories and Diaries about Abaj Takalik (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Located on a coffee farm, Abaj Takalik is one of the oldest archaeological sites in Guatemala.
		Las Milpas ("The Cornfields") is a short canoe ride (or a beautiful 15 minute walk through the corn f...
		There are no entries linked to Abaj Takalik
	www.worldsurface.com /browse/location.asp?locationid=5531 (406 words)

	Reports Submitted to FAMSI - Juan Antonio Valdés - Chocolá Archaeological Project, Guatemala
		Ironically, scholars lack a clear sense of even the broader events and processes that shaped southern Guatemala’s history and gave it its peculiar and, long assumed, seminal character.
		The investigations in Kaminaljuyú and Abaj Takalik in the last decades, showed the strong relationship between these two regions, and considered the presence of other sites between both zones, like Chocolá, participating in the same political entity and sharing ideological, technological and economic advances.
		The strategic position of Chocolá, could bring answers to these questions and many others, including those surrounding the study of theoretical problems as evolutionary sociopolitical processes that led to the subsequent creation of urban societies.
	www.famsi.org /reports/03033/index.html (211 words)

	Olmec - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Other sites showing possible Olmec influence include Abaj Takalik in Guatemala, and the Juxtlahuaca and Oxtotitlan cave paintings are attributed by many researchers
		Some major centers being San Lorenzo (Veracruz), La Venta (Tabasco), Chalcatzingo (Morelos), Teopantecuanitlán (Guerrero) and Abaj Takalik (or Takalik Abaj) in Guatemala.
		This is contrast to the more traditional view that recognizes a distinct Olmec heartland (see map).
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Olmec (2961 words)

	BootsnAll.com - "Mundo Olmeca"...in Guatemala???!!!
		The most notable site in the area is 30km west of Retalhuleu - Abaj Takalik.
		This site is still active and you can see the excavations in process.
		Because of this, Abaj Takalik is not restored and "pretty" for tourism as are Tikal and Copán.
	www.bootsnall.com /travelstories/ca/nov99molmeca.shtml (495 words)

	Biblio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Graham, John A. 1977 Discoveries at Abaj Takalik, Guatemala.
		1979 Maya, Olmecs, and Izapans at Abaj Takalik, Guatemala.
		1980 Escultura Olmeca y Maya sobre Canto en Abaj Takalik: Su Desarrollo y Importancia.
	www.sonoma.edu /users/p/poe/Ujuxte/Biblio.html (877 words)

	Maya Area, 1000 B.C.-1 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Ceremonial centers along the Pacific coast of Guatemala, including Abaj Takalik, Izapa, and Kaminaljuyú, grow in size and stature.
		Pyramids and monumental stone sculpture at different sites provide evidence for connections with the ancestral Olmec style.
		800 B.C. Public architecture is present in the Pacific piedmont community of Abaj Takalik together with stone sculpture in Olmec style.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/04/caa/ht04caa.htm (564 words)

	Guatemala Locations List - Abaj Takalik to Agua Caliente
		Guatemala Locations List - Abaj Takalik to Agua Caliente
		/ Explore / Guatemala / Locations / A / Abaj Takalik to Agua Caliente
		Abaj Takalik, Retalhuleu, Ancient Site, Long: -91.76667 Lat: 14.6
	www.traveljournals.net /explore/guatemala/locations/a/1.html (465 words)

	Discover Guatemala with Mayaexplor
		Discover the Pacific plain, Santiaguito volcano and the Mayan archeological site of Abaj Takalik
		Visit the Mayan archeological site of Abaj Takalik
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