Seibal ("place where many ceiba trees grow")
Maya Civilization, From 850 B.C.E. Classic period (440 B.C.E.-200 C.E.) and Terminal Classic (830 - 890 C.E.) with a hiatus in-between; largest Mayan city in the Pasión River region, located in the Petén Department of Guatemala, near to the modern town of Sayaxché.
Elevation is c. 232 meters (762 feet) above sea level.
Data for this model:
1, Inomata ,Takeshi, et al, 2013. Early Ceremonial Constructions at Ceibal, Guatemala, and the Origins of Lowland Maya Civilization, Science 26 Apr 2013: Vol. 340, Issue 6131, pp. 467-471
2. Inomata ,Takeshi, et al, 2017. High-precision radiocarbon dating of political collapse and dynastic origins at the Maya site of Ceibal, Guatemala, PNAS January 23, 2017
