La Amelia

La Amelia is a Pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site near Itzan, in the lower Pasión River region of the Petén Department of Guatemala [1]. La Amelia was a subordinate site in the Classic Period Petexbatún kingdom of Mutal that was first ruled from Dos Pilas and then from Aguateca [1]. The site is located to the northwest of Dos Pilas, and may have originally been called B'ahlam [1]. The occupational history of La Amelia appears to have been brief and limited to the Late Classic [1]. In AD 802 the last known ruler of the kingdom, Tan Te' K'inich, supervised a ritual conducted by the ruler of La Amelia, Lachan K'awiil Ajaw Bot [1]. Lachan K'awiil Ajaw Bot, the local La Amelia king, is depicted on La Amelia Panel 2, dated to AD 804 and continued to raise monuments at the site [1]. La Amelia is a small site covering an area of approximately 0.74 square kilometres [1].