Lower Dover is a Maya archaeological site in the Belize River Valley.
It is located on the grounds of the Lower Dover Field Station & Jungle Lodge, in Unitedville, Cayo District, Belize.
[3] The site of Lower Dover consists of a civic ceremonial center that was occupied in the latter part of the Late Classic, abandoned during the Terminal Classic, and partially reoccupied in the Early Postclassic;[3] and a settlement area to the south that was occupied as early as the Middle Preclassic.
[4] Based on its location and the similarity of its architecture to that of the better-understood Maya archaeological site of Cahal Pech, it has been speculated that Lower Dover's civic ceremonial center was an administrative seat for both the Lower Dover and Barton Ramie settlement areas,[5] and a replacement in that role for Blackman Eddy, which was abandoned in the Late Classic.
[6][7][8][9][10] The site of Lower Dover was discovered by William and Madeline Reynolds, owners of the land and proprietors of the Lower Dover Field Station & Jungle Lodge, and brought to the attention of the Institute of Archaeology, National Institute of Culture and History (Belize), in 2009.