Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua' has mentioned 'Valley' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Positioned on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Motagua River, Quiriguxc3xa1 is situated at the point where the valley broadens into a flood plain, which has exposed the site to periodic flooding over the centuries. | WIKI |
| The population levels of the Quiriguxc3xa1 valley increased rapidly after the successful rebellion against Copxc3xa1n in 738, although it was never a heavily populated site. | WIKI |
| The Motagua River flows down from the western Guatemalan highlands, and Quiriguxc3xa1 was ideally positioned to control the trade of uncut jade, the majority of which was found in the middle reaches of the Motagua Valley,[21] as well as controlling the flow of other important commodities up and down the river such as cacao, which was produced as a local cash crop. | WIKI |
| [28] During the next few centuries, about which little is known, the ceremonial architecture at Quiriguxc3xa1 was limited to the hilltop Group A and a broad earthen platform on the valley floor. | WIKI |
| In the 6th or early 7th century a natural disaster caused a devastating flood of the Motagua Valley and buried the surface of the site under a deep layer of silt, completely changing the landscape. | WIKI |
| The earthen platform on the valley floor also continued in use, at least those parts of it that stood above the silt, and it was one of the site's smaller complexes that grew to become the new centre of Quiriguxc3xa1, as represented by the monuments visible to this day. | WIKI |
| This strongly suggests that Calakmul sponsored Quiriguxc3xa1's rebellion in order to weaken Tikal and to gain access to the rich trade route of the Motagua Valley. | WIKI |
| [46] The population of Quiriguxc3xa1 and of other sites in the valley rapidly increased after the events of 738, although Quiriguxc3xa1 was always a small centre and its total population probably never exceeded 2,000. | WIKI |
| [60] After this, Quiriguxc3xa1 falls into silence, engulfed by the greater phenomenon of the Classic Maya collapsexc2xa0xe2x80x93 it had lost its reason for existence when trade no longer flowed along the Motagua;[61] within a few years Quiriguxc3xa1 was all but deserted and sites throughout the Motagua Valley suffered severe decline or abandonment. | WIKI |
| In the early Postclassic Period (c. 900 xe2x80x93 c. 1200), Quiriguxc3xa1 was occupied by peoples closely linked to the Caribbean coastal areas of the Yucatxc3xa1n Peninsula and Belize, perhaps due to Chontal Maya control of a trade network that included the Yucatxc3xa1n coast and the Motagua Valley. | WIKI |
| 3C-1 is a broad earthen platform on the valley floor, it dates to the middle of the Classic Period and is one of the earlier constructions at the site, parts of it continuing in use after a catastrophic flood. | WIKI |
| [93] Locus 011 and Locus 057 may have been watchposts, they were situated at the points where the Quiriguxc3xa1 and the Jubuco rivers entered the Motagua Valley and may have been used to control passing traffic on these routes. | WIKI |