{"id":348,"date":"2019-08-05T16:39:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site70.blogs.americavip.com\/2019\/08\/05\/takalik-abaj\/"},"modified":"2019-08-05T16:40:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T16:40:19","slug":"takalik-abaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/2019\/08\/05\/takalik-abaj\/","title":{"rendered":"Takalik Abaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_345\" style=\"width: 1610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-345\" class=\"wp-image-345 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/71\/files\/sites\/71\/2019\/08\/Guatemala-VIP-Takalik-Abaj-01.jpg\" alt=\"Takalik Abaj\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/71\/files\/sites\/71\/2019\/08\/Guatemala-VIP-Takalik-Abaj-01.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/71\/files\/sites\/71\/2019\/08\/Guatemala-VIP-Takalik-Abaj-01-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/71\/files\/sites\/71\/2019\/08\/Guatemala-VIP-Takalik-Abaj-01-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/71\/files\/sites\/71\/2019\/08\/Guatemala-VIP-Takalik-Abaj-01-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Takalik Abaj<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Takalik Abaj &#8212; this Mayan site is located 9 miles (15 km) west of Retalhuleu along<br \/>\nGuatemala\u2019s Pacific coast. Takalik Abaj, which means \u201cstanding stones,\u201d was once an<br \/>\nimportant commercial and political center for Pacific coast trade routes. Cacao,<br \/>\nobsidian, salt, pyrite, jade, and quetzal feathers were commonly traded here. First<br \/>\nsettled around 1800 BC, the city\u2019s prime came between 800 BC and 200 AD. During<br \/>\nthis time, many of the structures that still stand \u2013 including sculptures, monuments, and<br \/>\nzoomorphs \u2013 were likely carved.<br \/>\nIn 2002, an intact royal grave, thought to be the city\u2019s last Mayan ruler, was unearthed.<br \/>\nThe excavation made headlines and was even featured in the May 2004 issue of<br \/>\nNational Geographic. Over 275 structures have been found here. The tallest structure,<br \/>\nat 53 feet (16 m), is Structure 5, which is found on Terrace 3. Terrace 3 is a rectangular<br \/>\ntemple that has three Olmec-style stone heads facing a Mayan altar. Structure 4 has<br \/>\nclear Mayan engravings, and some of the most impressively carved stelae are in front of<br \/>\nTemple 12. Structure 12 is the site\u2019s largest structure, with a base measuring 184 by<br \/>\n138 feet (56 by 42 m) and dating back to 300 AD. There are fascinating sculptures<br \/>\nspread throughout Takalik Abaj, including zoomorphs, Olmecoid heads, and carved<br \/>\nmonuments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takalik Abaj &#8212; this Mayan site is located 9 miles (15 km) west of Retalhuleu along Guatemala\u2019s Pacific coast. Takalik Abaj, which means \u201cstanding stones,\u201d was once an important commercial and political center for Pacific coast trade routes. Cacao, obsidian, salt, pyrite, jade, and quetzal feathers were commonly traded here. First settled around 1800 BC, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-things-to-see-and-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/contents.guatemalavip.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}