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Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village. The ancient Maya site of Joya de Cerén is located in the Zapotitán Valley, 36 kilometers northwest of San Salvador , El Salvador. [ 1 ]
Joya de Cerén are the remains of a pre-Hispanic farming community that has been preserved largely intact buried under a volcanic eruption around 590 AD. It provides valuable archaeological for everyday life in the 6th century. [12] Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System: Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo districts, Belize
Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site: La Libertad Department. Cultural (iii) (iv) 1993 Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community that, like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy, was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600.
Pages in category "Archaeological sites in El Salvador" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Joya de Cerén; Q. Quelepa; T. Tazumal
Temazcal at the Joya de Cerén archaeological site, El Salvador. A temazcal is a type of sweat lodge, which originated with indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica.The term temazcal comes from the Nahuatl language, either from the words teme (to bathe) and calli (house), [1] or from the word temāzcalli [temaːsˈkalːi] (house of heat).
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Archaeological sites of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization — in the Yucatán Peninsula region of Mesoamerica. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) Emirate of Abu Dhabi 24°13′24″N 55°43′22″E / 24.2232°N 55.7229°E / 24.2232; 55.7229 ( Joya de Cerén Archaeological