Chiquirines

Chiquirines is an ancient Pre-Columbian archaeological site, located in the modern-day Retalhuleu Department, Guatemala.

It is located near the major Preclassic Period site of Ujuxte and is considered to be a satellite of that city and contemporary with it.

[1][2] Chiquirines features a smaller copy of a complex at Ujuxte, consisting of seven mounds arranged around a central plaza upon a basal platform.

[6] Ceramic finds at Chiquirines date to the same period as those at Ujuxte and confirm that the two sites were contemporary.

[7] Chiquirines is the pluralised Spanish name, of Nahuatl origin, of the cicada species Odopoea imbellis.