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Arqueología, Historia Antigua y Medieval - Terrae Antiqvae - Red social de Arqueólogos e Historiadores. Arachne. Foundation of the Hellenic World. Antigua. Historia y Arqueología de las civilizaciones. American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Theoretical Structural Archaeology. Institutul pentru Cercetarea si Valorificarea Patrimoniului Cultural Transilvanean in Context European. Current Archaeology. Terrae Antiqvae Imágenes. Archaeological Investigation and Conservation at San Bartolo, Guatemala Research Year: 2002Culture: MayaChronology: Pre-ClassicLocation: Department of Petén, GuatemalaSite: San Bartolo Table of Contents IntroductionInvestigation and Conservation at San BartoloConclusionList of FiguresSources Cited William A. Saturnosaturno4@earthlink.net Introduction Research carried out since the mid-1970"s has dramatically altered our ideas about the size and complexity of Preclassic lowland Maya centers.

This, coupled with abundant and spectacular Classic period remains, fostered a bias that Maya civilization developed in the lowlands by around A.D. 300, much later than their highland counterparts, suggesting external origins in addition to a slow pace. The work on the North Acropolis at Tikal was perhaps the first to challenge these notions as the farther down they excavated, "the elaborateness and Classic appearance of the discovered structures were no less apparent. " Conclusion List of Figures. The Archaeology Channel - Welcome.