San Bartolo

San Bartolo
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San Bartolo is a small pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in Guatemala's Petén Department, northeast of Tikal and roughly fifty miles from the nearest settlement[1]. The site dates to roughly 500 BC–250 AD and is renowned for its splendid Late-Preclassic mural paintings showing strong Olmec influence[1]. San Bartolo also contains some of the earliest examples of Maya script[1].

TypeCity/town/settlement
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryGuatemala
Coordinates15.0836° N, 91.4546° W

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