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IMPORTANT NEW DISCOVERIES AT COPAN, HONDURAS.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 10-MAR-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Honduran and Japanese archeologists have discovered 30 new structures and the remains of 69 Mayans at Honduras' famed Copan archeological site. Project director Seiichi Nakamura said the structures are from the early classical period, 300-600 A.D., and from the late classical, 600-900 A.D. It is believed that Copan was abandoned after 900 A.D. because of overpopulation.

The human remains were estimated to be 1,450 years old, putting the people in walking-around condition at about 550 A.D. Also found, according to Nakamura, were offerings in...

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