Copan
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Archaeology, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Anthropology, Anthropologists
- Curriculum: Latin American History, American Indian History, American Pre-Colonial History (to 1606)
- Geographical Location: Honduras
- Date: 160-822
Copan was the second largest Mayan city of the Classic period (c. 120-800 c.e.). Located in Western Honduras in the Copan River valley, near the Guatemalan border, Copan was on the southeastern margin of the Mayan world. The city covered 75 acres (30 hectares) and housed twenty thousand people at its height. The area in which Copan is found has been continuously inhabited since around 1100 b.c.e., originally by foraging cultures and after 900 b.c.e. by farming cultures. Dates contained on monuments at the site fix the founding of the city as December 18, 159 c.e. The city was dominated...
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