Rastrojón

Rastrojón is a Maya archaeological site in western Honduras [1]. It appears to be associated with the major Classical period city of Copán―the capital of a Maya kingdom that existed from 5th to 9th centuries CE―situated just two kilometres away [1]. The site was abandoned following the collapse of the Copán kingdom in 822; the site was constructed on top of a geological fault that made building difficult, so it may be that the inhabitants judged the location not worth the effort after the fall of the nearby royal centre [1]. Rastrojón was discovered in 1979, during a survey of the area around Copán [1]. From 2007 to 2013, the Rastrojón Archaeological Project, sponsored by Harvard University and the Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History undertook a programme of rescue archaeology and conservation at the site [1].