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Seibal (sometimes rendered as "Ceibal") is a ruined site of the Maya Civilization located in the south of the Peten department of Guatemala . Seibal is located on the Pasion River, a branch of the Usumacinta River . The site was occupied from preclassic to late classic times, with a significant hiatus. The site was occupied by the 9th Century BC , then started to decline in the 1st Century AD, and seems to have been abandoned during the 6th and early 7th Century , after which it was reoccupied and grew again. For a time Seibal was a vassal state to Dos Pilas , before regaining its independence. The site was at its peak from about 830 to 890, with a population of some 10,000 people, then was again abandoned about 930. It continued functioning and erecting new monuments for over a generation after many of the other Peten Maya sites, such as Tikal . Many of Seibal's late monuments show artistic influence from central Mexico and from the Gulf Of Mexico coast; it may have been a capital of the Putun Maya. Seibal was explored by Teoberto Maler in 1895 and 1905, and then investigated by Sylvanus Morley in 1914. A Harvard University archeological project excavated the site starting in 1964 , led by Gordon R. Willey and A. Ledyard Smith. EXTERNAL LINKS
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