Holmul

Holmul is a major Maya archaeological site in the Peten region of Guatemala, continuously occupied from 800 BC to 900 AD [1] [2]. First scientifically excavated by R.E. Merwin in 1911, it produced the first ceramic sequence in the Maya Lowlands [1]. Murals at nearby La Sufricaya reference Teotihuacan contact and the arrival of Sihyah K'ahk' at Tikal in 378 AD [3] [4] [5]. The site was strategically important to both the Tikal and Kaanul dynasties during the Classic period [2] [4].