 Just
a little over an
hours drive from
present day
Guatemala City (but
back over a thousand
years in time), lies
an area of enigma
and mystery known as
the Coatzalmahuapa
area of the south
coast. The name
translates into,
“Possum Water.”
Although it has
been determined that
the ancient sites
found here are not
of Maya origin, the
people who lived
here, did so at the
same time as their
neighbors the Maya
did. Over the
centuries, many of
the great stone
monuments left
behind by these
remarkable dwellers,
have become objects
of great religious
importance and
worship, and are
held very sacred by
the present day
Maya. Nearly all of
this area is given
over to sugar cane
or cotton. And
although these
ancient people built
no lofty pyramids,
one can discern,
when the cane is
harvested, mounds
that served as
palaces that were
once covered, or
rather faced with
smooth river stones.
There are few years
that the great plows
that prepare the
land fail to uncover
another artifact,
sometimes weighing
hundreds of pounds.
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The
quality of the
remarkable artifacts
that remain display
a great deal of
sophistication for
an aboriginal people
that were living in
their own stone age.
That is to say, they
had no metal tools
to work with. The
visages on many of
the 77 high
resolution images
found on many of
these monuments seem
so “out of place for
the area”, that they
give rise to the
questions: who were
these people, where
did they come from,
where did they go,
and why? All
questions in the
main waiting for
answers. The
Cotzalmahuapa area
remains one of the
most mysterious and
interesting places
on our continent.