<Tr> <Th> Inscription </Th> <Td> 1980 (4th Session) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Area </Th> <Td> 15.095 ha </Td> </Tr> <P> Copán is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the Copán Department of western Honduras, not far from the border with Guatemala . It was the capital city of a major Classic period kingdom from the 5th to 9th centuries AD . The city was located in the extreme southeast of the Mesoamerican cultural region, on the frontier with the Isthmo - Colombian cultural region, and was almost surrounded by non-Maya peoples . </P> <P> Copán was occupied for more than two thousand years, from the Early Preclassic period to the Postclassic . The city developed a distinctive sculptural style within the tradition of the lowland Maya, perhaps to emphasize the Maya ethnicity of the city's rulers . </P>

Copán is a mayan archaeological site located on the western border of