Montana

Montana is a large Mesoamerican archaeological site on the Pacific coastal plain in Escuintla, Guatemala. Around AD 400 it replaced nearby Balberta as the regional capital, believed to have been founded as a colony by Teotihuacan to supply cacao, cotton, and rubber and to establish trade routes to Kaminaljuyu. The site core covers about 1 sq km with enormous earth constructions, while the extended urban area spans at least 10 sq km. Discovered in 1982 by Frederick Bove, serious excavation began in 1991 and revealed the city flourished until about AD 600.