K'iche' (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Raquel Macario.

When one visits the archaeological site of Q'umarkaj, they enter through a large open space covered by numerous platforms of different shapes from 1 to 2 m high. Closer to the Main Plaza are larger mounds, some over 40 m in length. At the edges of the plateau, beyond the cliffs that surround and limit access to the site, one is able to see three settlements, also on promontories, a few hundred meters from Q'umarkaj: to the north the site Mukwits Pa 'Ilokab-Chisalin, to the south Pa'Ismachi,...