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El Zotz
El Zotz ((:el sots)) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the Petén Basin region around west of the major center of Tikal and approximately west of Uaxactun.〔Hammond 2000, p.222. Laporte 2006, p.949. Houston, p.7.〕 It is so called because of the large number of bats living in caves in the nearby cliffs (the original Mayan name was Pa'Chan). The site is located within the San Miguel la Palotada National Park bordering the Tikal National Park in the present-day department of Petén, Guatemala. It is a large Classic Period site and contains many unexcavated mounds and ruins.
El Zotz shared its Emblem Glyph with the powerful city of Yaxchilan in Chiapas, Mexico, and it is likely that the Yaxchilan royal dynasty had its origin in El Zotz.
The tallest temple structure is approximately 45 m (148 ft) high and is known as "El Diablo" (the devil), allegedly because the sides of the temple are dangerously steep. Conservation work has been carried out here by the University of San Carlos of Guatemala, including the construction of a rudimentary campsite for tourists. The area has caves and swamps and is a protected biotope.〔ParksWatch.〕 It is known for the hundreds of thousands of bats that fly out from under the cliffs at sunset.
==Name==
The name ''El Zotz'' may have been chosen by Marco Antonio Bailey when he visited the site in 1977, with the name appearing on the map he produced. The site had previously been named ''Dos Aguadas'' (Two Springs) and Bailey may have changed the name to distinguish the site from other places in the region bearing the same name.〔Laporte 2006, pp.950-951.〕 ''Zotz'' and its variations mean ''bat'' in a variety of Mayan languages, for example ''sotz' '' in K'iche' Maya,〔Christenson〕 ''zodz'' in Yucatec Maya and ''suts' '' in Ch'ol Maya.〔Bolles 2001. Aulie & Aulie 1978, p.86.〕 The new name derives from the fact that the El Diablo complex possesses a cave that is the habitat of an enormous quantity of the animals.〔Laport 2006, p.955.〕
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