Ixtonton

Ixtonton is a Maya archaeological site in the department of Petén in northern Guatemala. It is located in the northwestern portion of the Maya Mountains^[2] in the municipality of Dolores.^[1] The ruins are situated approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the town of Dolores itself.^[3] Ixtonton was the capital city of one of the four Maya kingdoms in the upper Mopan Valley.^[4] The site was occupied from the Late Preclassic period (c. 400 BC – AD 200) through to the Terminal Classic (c. AD 800-900), with some evidence of continued activity into the Postclassic (c. 900–1521).^[2] For the majority of its history Ixtonton was the most important city in the upper Mopan Valley, with its only rivals emerging in the Late Classic (c. 600-900).^[5] The acropolis at Ixtonton is laid out around two plazas on top of an artificially modified karstic hill.^[5]

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