Plan Grande
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Plan Grande is an archaeological site on the island of Guanaja, Honduras in the department of the bay islands, this consists of an open space delimited by a stone wall inside which They find irregular mounds of earth and large low rectangular platforms covered with slabs monoliths already fallen.[1]
The Bay Islands were populated mainly by the Pech ethnic group, whose language is related to the Chibcha and everything indicates that their language is originally from an area that today is part of present-day Colombia. With the Spanish presence, those insular Pech fled to land. firm leaving behind rich evidence of its achievements expressed in monoliths, geoglyphs and petroglyphs, and where Guanaja has several archaeological sites within which “Plan Grande” stands out. It is difficult to determine when the site was built, although everything indicates that it may have been around the year 600 to 900 AD.[2]
It is possible that it was a cultural and ceremonial center for the Pech since it is surrounded by a pile of stones and the siding of the mounds occurs. This was a plaza possibly the center of a large settlement of this culture. Steles similar to others have been found in other cultures on the coast of the intermediate area. Currently, the site has not been fully explored although the sites have been inventoried and there are studies for the management and protection of the archaeological zones of the islands, however, according to the IHAH, this cannot be achieved without the protection and collaboration of local authorities and residents and landowners.[3][4]