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The ruins are situated along the north bank of the San Esteban River, a tributary of the Río Grande de San Miguel which flows into the Pacific Ocean. The site is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) west-northwest of the town of San Miguel. [8] Quelepa is 13 miles (21 km) north of the neighbouring site of Los Llanitos. [9]
Suspected extension of the historical Lenca people. Since pre-European times the Lencas occupied various areas of what is now known as Honduras and El Salvador.The Salvadoran archaeological site of Quelepa (which was inhabited from the pre-classic period to the beginning of the early post-classic period) is considered a site that was inhabited and ruled by the Lencas.
Kuélap [1] [2] or Cuélap [3] is a walled settlement located in the mountains near the towns of María and Tingo, in the southern part of the region of Amazonas, Peru. It was built by the Chachapoyas culture in the 6th century AD on a ridge overlooking the Utcubamba Valley .
Lumea Noua (near Alba Iulia) – middle Neolithic to Chalcolithic; Măgura Uroiului; Napoca (Cluj-Napoca) – Dacian, Roman; Noviodunum ad Istrum – Roman; Peștera cu Oase – the oldest early modern human remains in Europe; Porolissum (near Zalău) – Roman; Potaissa (Turda) – Roman; Sarmizegetusa Regia – Dacian capital
Ixkun is a large site containing many unrestored mounds and ruins and is the best known archaeological site within the municipality of Dolores. [13] It was the capital of one of the four largest kingdoms in the upper Mopan Valley. [14] Stela 1 at Ixkun is one of the tallest stone monuments in the entire Petén Basin. [15]
According to Adolfo Costenla Umaña, the Salvadoran Lenca and the Honduran Lenca would have separated 2,295 years ago; time in which the archaeological site of Quelepa would have been founded. [ 4 ] Salvadoran Lenca is of the small language family of Lencan languages that consists of two languages one of which is the Salvadoran Lenca and the ...
Archaeologists uncovered an ancient Native American village that could date back 2,000 years in Miami. It's being called one of the most significant prehistoric sites in the US. The Miami Herald ...
The brothers battled for six years, killing many men and weakening the empire. Finally in 1532 near Chimborazo, Atahualpa, with the aid of two of his father's generals, defeated his brother. Huáscar was captured and put in prison. Atahualpa became emperor of a severely weakened empire only to face the Spanish conquistadors' arrival in 1532. [28]