Bilbao (Mesoamerican site)

Bilbao is a Mesoamerican archaeological site about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the modern town of Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa in the Escuintla department of Guatemala.^[2] The site lies among sugar plantations on the Pacific coastal plain and its principal phase of occupation is dated to the Classic Period.^[3] Bilbao was a major centre belonging to the Cotzumalhuapa culture with its main occupation dating to the Late Classic (c. AD 600–800).^[4] Bilbao is the former name of the plantation on which the site lies and from which it has derived its name.^[5]

^ Kelly 1996, p. 220.
^ Adams 1996, p. 227. Kelly 1996, p. 219.
^ Sharer 2000, pp. 482-3. Adams 1996, p. 228.
^ Sharer 2000, pp. 482-3.
^ Kelly 1996, p. 217.

[Kelly_a-1] Kelly 1996, p. 220.

[2] Adams 1996, p. 227. Kelly 1996, p. 219.

[3] Sharer 2000, pp. 482-3. Adams 1996, p. 228.

[4] Sharer 2000, pp. 482-3.

[Kelly-5] Kelly 1996, p. 217.

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