Nakbe
Sign in to saveNakbe is one of the largest early Maya archaeological sites. Nakbe is located in the Mirador Basin, in the Petén region of Guatemala, approximately 13 kilometers south of the largest Maya city of El Mirador. Excavations at Nakbe suggest that habitation began at the site during the Early Formative period (c. 1400 BC) and continued to be a large site until its collapse during the Terminal Formative period (100–200 CE). The fall of Nakbe and El Mirador took place at roughly the same time.
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- Nakbe
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- Nakbe, small temple 1.jpg
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- Temple at Nakbe
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- Mesoamerica#Guatemala
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- Location of the site
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- Petén Department, Guatemala
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- Petén Basin
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Early Preclassic to Late Preclassic
- Ancient site.cultures
- Maya civilization
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
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9 sectionsContents
- Discovery and excavation
- Artifacts found at the site
- Architecture
- Causeways
- Research on quarries at Nakbe
- Religion and iconography at Nakbe
- Decline of the site
- References
- External links
Nakbe is one of the largest early Maya archaeological sites. Nakbe is located in the Mirador Basin, in the Petén region of Guatemala, approximately 13 kilometers south of the largest Maya city of El Mirador. Excavations at Nakbe suggest that habitation began at the site during the Early Formative period (c. 1400 BC) and continued to be a large site until its collapse during the Terminal Formative period (100–200 CE). The fall of Nakbe and El Mirador took place at roughly the same time.
== Discovery and excavation == The site was first discovered in 1930 by aerial photos taken of the region, but excavations of the site did not take place until 1962. Archaeologist Ian Graham was the first person to start excavations, but it wasn’t until the 1980s and 1990s that real excavation began by UCLA's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, and the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala. The combined efforts of these two groups resulted in the RAINPEG Project, which was headed by Dr. Richard D. Hansen. One of the main focuses of the RAINPEG Project was to investigate the limestone quarries in the area of Nakbé.