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Uxbenka
16.2367° N, -89.0783° E
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Uxbenka (or Uxbenká in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site located in Belize's southernmost district of Toledo. An urban settlement of the pre-Columbian Maya, it is the earliest-known Maya polity in the southern Belizean lowlands, with evidence of occupation dating to the Early Classic period of Mesoamerican chronology (ca. 250–500 CE). It is one of five major Maya sites in this region, whose archaeological sites also include Nim Li Punit and Lubaantun. Settlement of Uxbenka has been suggested to have occurred originally by Peten peoples. The site is approximately 40 square kilometers in size, and Uxbenka is referred to as a medium-sized polity ). Uxbenka rose shortly after the expansion of another Maya site, Tikal. The site is thought to have been first inhabited during the late Preclassic period.
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Stela 11 long count
8.18.0.0.
Stela 15 date
November 28, 780 A.D.
Early Classic occupation
ca. 250–500 CE
Stela 22 suggested date
A.D. 751
Stela 19 partial date
A.D. 782
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