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The Sepulturas Group was one of the residential wards and suburban centers of varying sizes and complexities found in the Copan Valley. It was second in importance only to the group that was found where the modern town of Copan Ruinas has since been constructed. Some of the dwellings found at Las Sepulturas have been dated to Early Preclassic times and to Middle Preclassic times. The complex featured large cobble-built platforms and several wealthy tombs. Another interesting feature at Las Sepultas is the evidence of a non-Maya population living in this important sector. Whether they were specialized merchants or political agents from abroad is still under debate, what is for certain is that they were important players in the affairs of state at Copan auring the period starting around 800 A.D.
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This group was connected to the Great Plaza by a causeway, so there are strong reasons to believe Las Sepulturas may have been a residential area, where rich and powerful nobles once lived. One huge, luxurious residential compound seems to have housed some 250 people in 40 or 50 buildings arranged around 11 courtyards. The principal structure, called the House of Bacabs, where a high ranking political figure whose glyphic title reads “aj k'uhuun” is believed to have lived there. HIs house had outer walls carved with the full sized figures of 10 males in fancy feathered headdresses; inside was a huge bench covered with hieroglyphic writing.
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