Takalik Abaj is an archeological site, formerly a site of the Pre-Columbian Guatemala. The name means "Standing Stones" in the local QuichéMaya language; the ancient name of the site is currently unknown. ("Takalik Abaj" has often been listed as "Abaj Takalik", which is grammatically incorrect in Quiché; the more correct "Takalik Abaj" is the official name according to the Government of Guatemala).
The core of the site covers about 6.5 square kilometers, with remains of some 80 structures around a dozen plazas. Over 200 sculpted stone monuments have been found here, in Olmec influenced and archaic Maya styles.
The hills of the mounds of TakalikAbaj (formally AbajTakalik) were first thought to have built by the Olmec but now they think they built on top of natural hills.
TakalikAbaj was a strategic communication between the Highlands and the South coast.
The importance of TakalikAbaj, as one of the most ancient and extensive archaeological centers of the coastal plains, was first reported by Dr. Gustavo L. Bruhl, a botanist who visited the site in 1888.
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