TravelBelize states Cahal Pech was first settled between 1200–1000 BCE and frames it as one of the oldest settlements in the lowland Maya world.
Claim about Cahal Pech · Stance: supporting
TravelBelize provides an early-settlement framing (1200–1000 BCE) and a comparative ‘oldest lowland Maya’ characterization.
Site
- Cahal Pech San Ignacio, Cayo, Belize
Evidence for and against
- TravelBelize states initial settlement between 1200–1000 BCE and describes the site as among the oldest lowland Maya settlements.
Other claims about Cahal Pech
- NICH states Cahal Pech has yielded many Middle to Late Preclassic figurines representing human and animal forms.
- NICH describes the site core as complex architecture including two ballcourts and restricted inner courtyards associated with the residence of ancient Maya elites; a nearby visitor centre houses site artifacts.
- TravelBelize states that by Late Preclassic times (300 BCE–250 CE) Cahal Pech had become an imposing Belize River Valley center and that its Preclassic inhabitants acquired exotic goods from the Caribbean coast and highland Guatemala.