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Travesía
Travesía also known as Ulua-Yoja s is an important pre-Columbian archaeological sites in the Ulua river valley of Honduras. History The city reached its largest size in the Late Classic (500-850) but was founded earlier. How early, we don't know because of the destruction of the site in the 20th century and subsequent looting to find pieces for the thriving illegal antiquities market. It is in the Cortés Department to the south east of San Pedro Sula, and should not be confused with the modern town of Travesía on the Caribbean coast. Doris Stone excavated in the city center of Travesía. Her photos of those excavations can be found in the photo archives of the Peabody Museum of Harvard University. Some of what she found is published in her book, ''The Archaeology of the North Coast of Honduras'' (1941).The site itself is known for its abundant Ulua polychrome pottery, and especially for the Ulua marble vessels. Christina Luke studied the marble vessels in her Cornell Un ...
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Pre-Columbian Honduras
The territory of current Honduras was inhabited by two culturally distinct peoples: the cultures of Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican and nahua influence and the cultures of the Intermediate Area, intermediate area that had certain influences from Circum-Caribbean and Chibcha groups. Although the Mesoamerican influence was the one that remained as the dominant influence in the territory. The pre-Columbian past of Honduras is still under study and much of it is still an enigma. But the archaeological remains of organized Nomad, nomadic and semi-nomadic groups date back at least 11,000 to 12,000 years. Although it is possible that there was human presence in the territory much earlier. Archaeologists have been found dating back to more than a thousand years before Christ with societies already established in the Honduran territory. Culture and achievements The influence of Mesoamerican cultures from the valley and southern Mexico can be observed in the archaeological sites of Yarumela, ...
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