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The Maya ruins of Belize[1][2] include a number of well-known and historically important pre-Columbian Maya archaeological sites. Belize is considered part of the southern Maya lowlands of the Mesoamerican culture area, and the sites found there were occupied from the Preclassic (2000 BCE–200 CE) until and after the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century.

Many sites are in danger due to destruction by construction companies, which frequently source road fill from the ancient ruins.[dubious ][3]

  1. ^ V.S. Naipaul (2011). The Enigma of Arrival. Vintage International (unabridged ed.). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0307744036. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  2. ^ Ross, Harold Wallace; White, Katharine Sergeant Angell (1986). The New Yorker, Volume 62, Part 4. p. 55. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Mayan pyramid bulldozed by road construction firm". London: Guardian. 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2013-05-14.

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