Mayan sites, El Salvador

Sonsonate, El Salvador – 2008. On a weekend break in the middle of our two week project for Habitat Global Village in Sonsonate, El Salvador we spent a day visiting the San Andres Archaeological Park and Joya de Cerén. San Andres Archaeological Park, located in the Zapotitán Valley, is one of the largest pre-Hispanic centers in El Salvador. It was a Mayan regional center between 600 and 900 A.D. It has a number of partially restored Mayan pyramids. Joya de Cerén is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village which was buried by five meters of volcanic ash during the eruption of the Caldera Lagoon volcano 1,400 years ago
A sign explaining the layout of the San Andres Archaeological Park site. The following photos are mainly the pyramids in the square in the center of this…
The rear of the main pyramid is in the upper right. San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
Some of the history of the ruins and area of San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
Pyramid 1 on the left and 2, 3 and 4 across the photo all as seen from the rear. San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
Pyramid 1 from the top of pyramid 3. San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
A 5th pyramid situated some distance to the NE of the other pyramids. San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
An excavation pit at the base of Pyramid 3. San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
Pyramid 1, San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
Pyramid 1, San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
Detail of the stone work at San Andres Archaeological Park, El Salvador
From Wikipedia - Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in El Salvador featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village…
From Wikipedia - Joya de Cerén (Jewel of Cerén in the Spanish language) is an archaeological site in El Salvador featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village…
The spiky trunk of a silk floss tree (Ceiba speciosa), also palo borracho, Spanish for "drunken stick", Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site, El Salvador
A grain bin at the remains of the Maya village of Joya de Cerén which was buried by a volcano eruption around A.D. 600. Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site, El…
A house at the remains of the Maya village of Joya de Cerén which was buried by a volcano eruption around A.D. 600. Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site, El…
The remains of the Maya village of Joya de Cerén which was buried by a volcano eruption around A.D. 600. Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site, El Salvador
The remains of the Maya village of Joya de Cerén which was buried by a volcano eruption around A.D. 600. Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site, El Salvador
The remains of the Maya village of Joya de Cerén which was buried by a volcano eruption around A.D. 600. Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site, El Salvador
The area in the front right is the garden which is laid out the same as the peasants do today. The remains of the Maya village of Joya de Cerén which was buried…
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This is believed to be a Sharman’s house because of the designs on the outside and the layout of the interior walls. The remains of the Maya village of Joya de…
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Loma Caldera, the volcano which destroyed the Maya village of Joya de Cerén which was buried by a volcano eruption around A.D. 600. Joya de Cerén Archaeological…
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