IZAPA/SITE - 0 views
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Izapa is a large Formative site located in the far southeastern corner of the State of Chiapas, Mexico,
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Although I first noted that the entire ceremonial center was oriented to the Volcán Tacaná (4093 m, or 13,425 ft.-- the mountain shown in the photo at the top of this page
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Subsequent field work and map investigation revealed that more than thirty of Mesoamerica's most ancient and important ceremonial centers were likewise solsticially oriented to the highest mountain within view