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Pacbitun
17.0920° N, -88.9950° E
About
Pacbitun is a Maya archaeological site located near the town of San Ignacio, Belize, in the Cayo District of west central Belize. The modern Maya name given to the site means “stone set in earth”, likely a reference to multiple fragments of stone monuments. The site, at about 240 m above sea level, is one of the earliest known from the southern Maya Lowlands, and was inhabited for almost 2000 years, from ca. 900 BCE to 900 CE. Strategically, it straddles a territory of rolling, hilly terrain between the Mountain Pine Ridge and the tropical forest covered lowlands of the Upper Belize River Valley.
Historical Timeline
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Initial occupation
c. 900 BCE
Cruciform platform construction
c. 600 BCE
Stela 6 erection
March 22, 485 CE
Late and Terminal Classic florescence
550–900 CE
Occupation end
c. 900 CE
Archaeological Features
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Miscellaneous Features
Public and Civic Structures
Burial and Funerary Structures
Industrial and Craft Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
Artistic and Decorative Features
Domestic and Habitation Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
Transportation and Communication Structures
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