Guayabo de Turrialba

The city of an as yet un-named pre-columbian culture, was occupied from 1000 B.C.E. until it was abandoned in 1400 C.E. At its peak c. 800 C.E. about 10,000 people were living there. The excavated 50 acre site, part of a larger located 19 kilometers north of the modern town of Turrialba, Costa Rica, on the southern slope of Turrialba Volcano, within the Guayabo National Monument. The city features an elaborate array of engineered aqueducts, plus a 21-foot-wide cobbled roadway. Along with these are stone water tanks, stone sculptures, and raised earthen mounds surrounded by low stone walls that researchers believe were covered by conical thatched roofs and used as dwellings, and for ceremonial purposes.

Elevation is c. 1120 meters (3676 feet) above sea level.

Data for CG model:
1.Obando, Luis G., and Peraldo, Giovanni, 2011. Geo-archaeology ofmonumneto Nacional Guayabo, Turrialba, Costa RIca, Escuela Centroamericana de Geologia, University de Costa Rica.