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El Pilar
:''For the church in Zaragoza Spain see Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar''
El Pilar is an ancient Maya city center located on the Belize-Guatemala border. The site is located north of San Ignacio, Belize and can be accessed through the San Ignacio and Bullet Tree Falls on the Belize River. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://elpilar.marc.ucsb.edu/trail/documents/epar.htm )〕 The name "El Pilar" is Spanish for "watering basin", reflecting the abundance of streams around the site and below its escarpment, which is rare in the Maya area.
The monuments of El Pilar are at the center of a protected area known as El Pilar Archeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna, declared a cultural monument in both Belize and Guatemala in 1998. El Pilar is the largest Maya site in the Belize River area with over 25 plazas and hundreds of other major buildings, covering about . 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wmf.org/sites/default/files/wmf_publication/Watch_Catalog_1996.pdf )〕
==Discovery==
Archaeologist Anabel Ford first mapped El Pilar in 1983 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://exploringsolutionspast.org/what-we-do/archaeology-under-the-canopy/el-pilar-archaeological-reserve/ )〕 in the course of her Belize River Archaeological Settlement Survey or BRASS project. Settlement patterns in the region suggest a hierarchy of community size and composition that was directly related to farmland. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.marc.ucsb.edu/research/archaeological-exploration/survey-interpretations )〕 One of the most extensive areas was of farmlands discovered at El Pilar, north of the Belize River on the edge of the major upland escarpment that leads to the major center of Tikal.
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