Editing Louisville, Belize

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'''Louisville''' is a village in the [[Corozal District]] of the nation of [[Belize]], located at {{coord|18|19|N|88|30|W|}}.  According to the 2000 census, it had a population of 655 people mainly from [[Maya peoples|Maya]] [[Mestizo]] ancestry.

Some substantial artificial mounds at Louisville are the remains of an ancient city of the [[Maya civilization]]. The site seems to have been occupied from about 400 BC to about 950 AD. Excavations, made here by Dr. [[Thomas Gann]] in the mid-1930s, uncovered polychrome stucco portrait heads.

Much of the ancient remains were demolished to reuse stone and make fill for roads.  Further investigations and excavations of Louisville were made in 2000.

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[[Category:Corozal District]]
[[Category:Maya sites in Belize]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Belize]]


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