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Tamarindito: Archaeology and Regional Politics in the Petexbatun Region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Juan Antonio Valdés
Juan Antonio Valdés
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Instituto de Antropologia e Historia, 12 Avenida 11-65, Zona 1, 01001, Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Abstract

The archaeological site of Tamarindito is located on an elevated escarpment that gives it a wide panoramic view of various distances all around, especially toward the northeast in the direction of the Río Petexbatun and the lake with the same name, in addition to the well-known, important archaeological site of Seibal. Tamarindito is 7 km east of Dos Pilas and 7 km northwest of Aguateca. It is one of the most important sites of the Petexbatun region and the capital of the most ancient polity of the region.

Type
Special Section: The Vanderbilt Petexbatun Archaeological Project, 1989–1994
Information
Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , Fall 1997 , pp. 321 - 335
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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