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Guatemala's Pacific Lowlands*

    /The Pacific Lowlands in Guatemala archeological investigation has
    been difficult because all the sites are in private owned farming
    land. /

    /* This area shows the earliest and longest occupation in Guatemala
    and Mesoamerica*, This area was indeed the cradle of the Complex
    cultures in Mesoamerica, such as the early Monte Alto
    <monte_alto.htm> and Olmec <olmecs_origins_in_guatemala.htm>
    cultures, with Archaic vestiges since 6000 BC, there are proofs of
    agricultural settlements in the western and central areas since 3800
    BC, and architectural and ceremonial centers since 2000 BC (El Mesak
    <El-Mesak.htm>, La Blanca <la_blanca.htm>, Ujuxte <Ujuxte.htm> Las
    Victorias, and Ocós in the west (The earliest Preclassic Jade Celt,
    depicting a Flying Ahaw, related with the Creation Cosmology,
    Escuintla area. <images/jade_pacific_ajaw.jpg>pottery in Mesoamerica
    bears the name Ocós Phase), and Sipacate in the central area, with
    its Early Pre Classic Salt Factories <maya_trade_and_economy.htm>,
    and many/Map of the Pacific Lowlands and Highlands, Guatemala
    <images/costa%201.jpg>/ others), as well as Early Pre Classic sites
    such as El Bálsamo, Cerritos Sur and Monte Alto <monte_alto.htm>
    (Monte Alto Culture), near La Democracia in the Central area, with
    its  Monumental Heads and Potbellies (Barrigones), that are the
    first Monuments in the world with magnetic properties. The Montana
    site and later The Cotzumalguapa Culture <Cotzumalguapa.htm> a Proto
    to late Classic complex (100BC-1000AD) with 3 main sites:  El Baúl,
    Bilbao and El Castillo,  united by paved causeways and bridges, with
    impressive Sculptures, and 2 minor sites to the north Palos Verdes
    <Cotzumalguapa.htm> and Versalles <Cotzumalguapa.htm> or  La Nueva
    <south_east_pacific.htm> and La Máquina <south_east_pacific.htm> in
    the southeast coastal region <south_east_pacific.htm>, among others,
    and the most important one Tak'alik Abaj <takalik.htm>, which is not
    only the largest site in the pacific lowlands in Mesoamerica, but
    also the only Site that has both Olmec
    <olmecs_origins_in_guatemala.htm> and Maya <maya_culture.htm>
    features, in fact, there are few places in the Pacific Lowlands that
    does not show some kind of occupation during the different eras.
    Also Chocolá <Chocola.htm> and its associated sites, in the piedmont
    of Suchitepéquez that was an under estimated site until recent
    times, shows early occupation and a very important role in the
    commerce <maya_trade_and_economy.htm> between the Lowlands and the
    Highlands <guatemala_highlands.htm>, including Naranjo
    <Naranjo_Highlands.htm> and Kaminaljuyú <Kaminal%20Juyu.htm> in the
    Central Highlands, reaching up to the Petén Lowlands
    <peten_lowlands.htm>./

    / Monte Alto Head displayed at La Democracia central park in
    Escuintla <images/olmeca%20st2.jpg>//In The South Eastern
    <south_east_pacific.htm> area, there are proof of occupation since
    the archaic era, the oldest site is Chiquihuitán, but Classic sites
    such as La Nueva, La Máquina, Ujuxte, (different from The Western
    Early Preclassic site in San Marcos), and many others make this area
    a very rich and under estimated area to date./

    /There has been recent disputes among the scholars about the Olmec
    Culture origins <olmecs_origins_in_guatemala.htm>, and there is
    proof that, even if the people responsible for making the pottery
    did not themselves move from the Pacific coastal plain to the Olmec
    metropolitan area, there is clear evidence that their knowledge of
    pottery styles and Sculpture techniques diffused in that direction.
    Coe and Diehl (1980)  term the earliest pottery found at San Lorenzo
    "a country version of the far more sophisticated and earlier Ocós
    phase of Guatemala"./

    Mangrove forest in Tilapa, San Marcos <images/maglar.jpg>/The
    Pacific Lowlands are the most fertile land in Guatemala and nowadays
    it holds all the sugar cane industry, as well as tobacco,/Monterrico
    Natural reserve beach, Escuintla <images/beachlife.jpg>/ cotton,
    maize, rice, beans and  rubber plantations, also features cattle,
    coffee and the best Cacao <cacao.htm> plantations, this one in the
    piedmont area with the Highlands (Boca Costa),// giving this region
    an / /excellent communication network as well as tourism facilities,
    it is a zone worth while visiting specially if you enjoy to combine
    archeology with beach <landscape_guatemala.htm> and
    <nature.htm>ecolog <nature.htm>ic destinations, like the Mangrove
    channels or turtle, crocodile and iguanas reserves, a drive thru
    Safari, Whale Watching (Monterrico / / in Escuintla // and Las Lisas
    in Santa Rosa), or the best amusement parks  in Latin America,
    Xetulul and Xocomil, at the IRTRA <irtra_xocomil_and_xetulul.htm> in
    Retalhuleu. That includes the largest Hotel complex in Central
    America, with different styles and costs./