San Andrés, El Salvador
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San Andrés is a Mayan site located in the Zapotitán valley in La Libertad department in El Salvador. It was constructed around 900 B.C. as an agricultural village, and abandoned around 250 B.C. because of the eruption of the Lago de Ilopango volcano. It was resettled (along with many other sites in the Zapotitán valley) around 400 A.D., becoming the dominant city in the area. In 600 A.D. after the eruption of the Laguna Caldera volcano San Andrés became a regional capital with a governing dynasty. Archaeological excavations have shown that San Andrés had strong links with Copan, was influenced by Teotihuacan, traded with cities like Tikal in the Peten region of Guatemala and cities like Caracol in Belize. The city was abandoned in 900 A.D. with the arrival of the Pipil people. There was an occupation of the city during the Post-Classical period, but the city was finally abandoned around 1200 A.D.
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