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In May 2018, heavy machinery excavating outside the city of Coban, in the highlands of Guatemala, sliced into a large earthen mound that was found to contain millions of parts from Classic Maya figurine molds, figurines, and incense burners. It’s being called the largest Maya figurine workshop ever encountered in the Maya world. Situated beside an ancient lake that dried up several centuries ago, Kaminaljuyú once contained the largest Maya population in the southern highlands. Today, all that remains of this once thriving ancient metropolis are grassy overgrown pyramids within the Kaminaljuyú Archaeological Park. After cutting into the mounds the contractors immediately stopped their machinery and contacted local authorities who called on Dr. Brent Woodfill of Winthrop University to investigate