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Maya Highlands
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Southern Maya area.
The Southern Maya Area (SMA), also known as the Maya Highlands are a region of Pre-Columbian sites in Mesoamerica. It is long believed important to the rise of Maya civilization, during the period that is known as Preclassic. It lies within a broad arc going southeast from Chiapa de Corzo in Mexico to Copán and Chalchuapa, in Central America. Much of the area is now a part of the Guatemalan Highlands.