Balberta
Balberta is a major Mesoamerican archaeological site on the Pacific coastal plain of southern Guatemala, belonging to the Maya civilization. It has been dated to the Early Classic period and is the only known major site on the Guatemalan Pacific coastal plain to have exposed Early Classic architecture that has not been buried under posterior Late Classic construction.Balberta
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Escuintla Department, Guatemala
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Escuintla Department, Guatemala, Central America, North America
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Latitude
14.15835° or 14° 9′ 30″ northLongitude
-90.93805° or 90° 56′ 17″ westOpen location code
766F5356+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1699412410OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1769512
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