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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 78. Chapters: Copan, Dolmen, Megalith, List of largest monoliths in the world, Kurgan stelae, Rocking stone, Moai, Medicine wheel, Plain of Jars, Huaca de Chena, Pumapunku, Menhir, Wartberg culture, Rujm el-Hiri, Stone circle, Relocation of moai objects, Deer stone, Latte stone, Stone spheres of Costa Rica, List of archaeoastronomical sites by country, House of Taga, Blythe Intaglios, Stone ship, List of megaliths, Rota Latte Stone Quarry, Megalithic architectural elements, Eneabba Stone Arrangement, Rano Raraku, The Megalithic Portal, Medicine Wheel National Historic Landmark, Verraco, Pucara del Cerro La Muralla, Amazon Stonehenge, Aboriginal stone arrangement, Ha'amonga 'a Maui, Ahu Akivi, Stone row, Pukara de La Compania, Qubur Bani Isra'in, Trilithon, Anakena, Ahu Tongariki, Chamber tomb, Statue menhir, Wedge-shaped gallery grave, Avenue, Cromlech, Gunung Padang, Maen Llia, Standing stone, Roknia, Msoura, Stone structures. Excerpt: Copan is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the Copan Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala. It was the capital city of a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th centuries AD. The city was located in the extreme southeast of the Mesoamerican cultural region, on the frontier with the Isthmo-Colombian cultural region, and was almost surrounded by non-Maya peoples. In this fertile valley now lies a city of about 3000, a small airport, and a winding road. Copan was occupied for more than two thousand years, from the Early Preclassic period right through to the Postclassic. The city developed a distinctive sculptural style within the tradition of the lowland Maya, perhaps to emphasize the Maya ethnicity of the city's rulers. The city has a historical record that spans the greater part of the Classic period and has been reconstructed in d...
