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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: 105. Chapters: Tikal, Dos Pilas, Uaxactun, El Chal, Motul de San Jose, Ixkun, Seibal, Topoxte, Tamarindito, La Blanca, Peten, El Zotz, Sacul, El Peten, Punta de Chimino, Ixtutz, Holtun, El Tintal, Altar de Sacrificios, El Mirador, La Amelia, Ixlu, Museo Regional del Sureste de Peten, Nakbe, Itzan, San Bartolo, Mirador Basin, Usumacinta River, Cancuen, Piedras Negras, Zapote Bobal, Holmul, Nakum, La Muerta, El Peru, Naranjo, Zacpeten, Machaquila, Peten Basin, Peten-Veracruz moist forests, Aguateca, Naj Tunich, Pasion River, Peten FC, La Joyanca, Yaxha, Dos Erres, Tayasal, Rio Azul, Petexbatun, Ucanal, La Sufricaya, Cultural Triangle Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park, Salinas River, Naachtun, Arroyo de Piedra, Holmul River, Santa Elena, El Peten. Excerpt: Connection Timeout Motul de San Jose is an ancient Maya site located just north of Lake Peten Itza in the Peten Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands. It is located a few kilometres from the modern village of San Jose, in Guatemala's northern department of Peten. A medium sized civic-ceremonial centre, it was an important political and economic centre during the Late Classic period (AD 650-950). The site was first settled between 600 and 300 BC, in the latter portion of the Middle Preclassic period, when it was probably a fairly small site. The city then had a long and continuous occupational history until the Early Postclassic, up to around AD 1250, with peaks in the Late Preclassic and Late Classic periods. Motul de San Jose has been identified as the source of Ik-style polychrome ceramics bearing painted scenes of the Late Classic Maya aristocracy involved in a variety of courtly activities. The city was the capital of a polity that included various satellite sites of varying importance, including a port on the shore of Lake Peten Itza. Motul de San Jose is located 3 kilom...
