{"id":2908,"date":"2017-08-21T07:47:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitcentroamerica.com\/visitar\/san-andres-archaeological-park\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T02:58:42","slug":"san-andres-archeological-park","status":"publish","type":"pit","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcentroamerica.com\/en\/visit\/san-andres-archeological-park\/","title":{"rendered":"San Andr\u00e9s Archaeological Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" 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role=\"tablist\"><li role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link\" data-toggle=\"tab\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"tab-d4234a7aeaff4488285\" aria-selected=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"mobile-fusion-tab-video\" href=\"#tab-d4234a7aeaff4488285\"><h4 class=\"fusion-tab-heading\"><i class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-youtube fab\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size:16px;\"><\/i>Video<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"tab-pane fade fusion-clearfix\" role=\"tabpanel\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-labelledby=\"fusion-tab-video\" id=\"tab-d4234a7aeaff4488285\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:px;--awb-max-height:px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><lite-youtube videoid=\"YQh4W9ROUhY\" class=\"landscape\" params=\"wmode=transparent&autoplay=1&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-button-label=\"Play Video\" width=\"\" height=\"\" data-thumbnail-size=\"auto\" data-no-cookie=\"on\"><\/lite-youtube><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four pit-intro\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:var(--awb-custom_typography_6-font-size);\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"font-family:var(--awb-custom_typography_6-font-family);font-weight:var(--awb-custom_typography_6-font-weight);font-style:var(--awb-custom_typography_6-font-style);margin:0;letter-spacing:var(--awb-custom_typography_6-letter-spacing);text-transform:var(--awb-custom_typography_6-text-transform);font-size:1em;line-height:var(--awb-custom_typography_6-line-height);\">San Andr\u00e9s is an archaeological site located in the\u00a0<strong>Zapotit\u00e1n Valley<\/strong>, just five kilometers from\u00a0<strong>Joya de Cer\u00e9n<\/strong>, in the department of La Libertad.<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The San Andr\u00e9s Archaeological Park is one of the\u00a0<strong>largest pre-Hispanic centers<\/strong>\u00a0in El Salvador, and would have constituted a regional capital between 600 and 900 A.D. in the late\u00a0<strong>Classic period<\/strong>, period of apogee of the Mayan civilization.<\/p>\n<p>The investigations and excavations in San Andr\u00e9s have revealed that this was a political-ceremonial, and even commercial center, constituting an impressive indigenous acropolis. The site includes the\u00a0<strong>Acropolis<\/strong>, which is an elevated square with<strong>\u00a0pyramids and houses<\/strong>\u00a0in the upper part. There is also a large square on the north side where other pyramids are located, including one in the form of a bell. It is possible that in this place there was a market where the exchange of goods took place. All the buildings were built in adobe blocks, except two structures that were built with tuff blocks, locally known as talpetate.<\/p>\n<p>San Andr\u00e9s was a Mayan city that controlled the smallest settlements in the valley. Leaders, artisans, soldiers, priests, merchants, and many other people who were part of the Mayan society at that time lived in San Andr\u00e9s. The farmers lived in small huts, in the surroundings, and they harvested the main products, such as corn, beans and pipi\u00e1n, which made it an agricultural town due to the richness of the soil.<\/p>\n<p>After the Mayans inhabited San Andr\u00e9s, Pipil groups arrived and lived for a short time in the Acropolis.<\/p>\n<p>History indicates that this territory was unoccupied by an enormous eruption in the year 250 until it was again populated in the 5th century. The archaeological findings of San Andr\u00e9s show that the settlement of San Andr\u00e9s had strong contacts with the civilization of\u00a0<strong>Cop\u00e1n and Teotihuacan<\/strong>. They also received goods traded from as far away as the current territories of Pet\u00e9n in Guatemala, and Belize.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:50%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two geoposicion\" 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