Nakbe is one of the largest early
Maya archaeological sites. Nakbe is located in the
Mirador Basin, in the
Petén region of
Guatemala, approximately 13 kilometers south of the largest Maya city of
El Mirador. Excavations at Nakbe suggest that habitation began at the site during the
Early Formative period (c. 1400 BC) and continued to be a large site until its collapse during the Terminal Formative period (100–200 BC). The fall of Nakbe and
El Mirador took place at roughly the same time.