Altun ha

Altun Ha was a Maya center in the lowlands of northern Belize, a short distance inland from the Caribbean coast. Its temples and plazas stood amid a landscape of settlements linked to trade between the coast and the interior. A carved jade head of the sun god Kinich Ahau, found in a tomb beneath a temple, attests to the wealth and craftsmanship of its Classic-period rulers. After a long decline, the site saw renewed, smaller-scale occupation in the late Postclassic period.