El Tintal is a Maya archaeological site in the northern Peten region of Guatemala, with settlement dating to the Preclassic and Classic periods. It is close to the better-known sites of El Mirador and Nakbe. El Tintal is a sizeable site that includes some very large structures and it is one of the four largest sites in the northern Peten; it is the second-largest site in the Mirador Basin, after El Mirador itself. El Tintal features monumental architecture dating to the Middle Preclassic similar to that found at El Mirador, Nakbe and Wakna. Potsherds recovered from the site date to the Late Preclassic and Early Classic periods, and construction continued at the site in the Late Classic period.
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