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   ocr: recently has it become clear that Teotihuacan also influenced the Maya lowlands. The people of Tikal in Guatemala, largest of the lowland Maya centers, are now known to have been under strong influence from Teotihuacan. The people of Tikal adopted some of Teotihuacan's artistic traditions and erected a massive stone monument to Teotihuacan's rain god. William R. Coe of the University of Pennsylvania and his colleagues initiated studies at Tikal to evaluate the nature and significance of this influence. Tikal provides an instructive measure of the difference in the density of construction 360f4 ...