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Actuncan is an Ancient Mayan archaeological site located in the Mopan river valley just north of the Xunantunich in Belize. The site was first investigated in the 1990s by James McGovern, who also mapped the 14ha site. Actuncan has since been remapped and further excavated in 2010 and has continued to be an active archaeological site since then.

The Actuncan site consists of two main sections known as Actuncan North and Actuncan South. Actuncan North was likely a community center that likely hosted a variety of activities that was a constructed in the Early Classic period, while Actuncan South was likely a spiritual area consisting of shrines and temples constructed in the Late Preclassic period.

The Actuncan Archaeological Project's main goal is to gain a better understanding of the development of Mayan state societies. The 2010 study aimed to gain this understanding through the usage of household archaeology and how the households response to the centralization of power as kingships arose.


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