Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site
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Location
Canton Joya de Ceren

Country
El Salvador

Year of Research
1993

Culture
    Joya de Cerén was a pre-Hispanic farming community like Pompeii and Herculaneum in Italy.It was buried under an eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano c. AD 600.
    Because of the exceptional condition of the remains, they provide an insight into the daily lives of the Central American populations who worked the land at that time.





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