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Fringe Mayans
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Nima Kia (khalij_khazar)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-08-05 |
| Categories: Ruins |
| Camera: KODAK CX6330 |
| Exposure: f/6.7, 1/180 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Map: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2006-06-24 21:01 |
| Viewed: 5506 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
| The San Andres Ruins are attributed to the pipil people, who created these monuments around 1100 ad. The people are a group that emerged after the Mayans. |
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any idea what this buildng is? too bad the sky is too bright, the green in this shot is great. seems tilted too, is it on a hill?
Hi Nima. The San Andres ruins were a very important centre for the Pipil indians.
The building in question was probably a temple dedicated to the rain or corn, since corn was very important for these people.
Nice picture. A little tilted to the right but the colours are good.
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It's Structure 1. It's located at the south-west corner of the acropolis closing the south part of the central plaza. It was an administrative building (specific purpose unkown) but it may have been used in ceremonial festivals and the central plaza was an interchange place for products such as pottery or obsidian.
Although built during the Classic Period (260 A.D. - 900 A.D.) by maya(?) related groups, it was reocupied by Pipil groups during the postclassic Period (1000 A.D.-1524 A.D.)