San Clemente

San Clemente (also known as Chichantun) is a Classic-period Maya site in El Peten, Guatemala, approximately 55 km from Flores. Its core covers about 60,000 sq m and includes an acropolis, a palace complex in the northern sector, a main plaza, and two north-south oriented ballcourts. First occupied during the Early Classic (c. 250-550 AD) with platforms built on bedrock, the city underwent major construction in the Late Classic (c. 550-830 AD). The site was first documented around 1895 by Karl Sapper, and later investigated by the Carnegie Institution in 1922, which found stelae with weathered hieroglyphs.