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Tikal,
Department Petén, Guatemala North & Central Acropoli, Great Plaza & Temple V Late Classic (600-900 AD) Ca. VIII century AD & ca. 750 AD |
Comments: The center of Tikal grew up around the North Acropolis. The Great Plaza area was completed between 695 and 734 AD, when the ruler Jasaw Chaan K'awiil I (682-734 AD) established a "3 Stone Place" - cosmological representation of the center of the Universe. |
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