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The first permanent settlements on the Yucatán Peninsula date from 500 - 300 B.C. although evidence of an earlier human presence has been found in Loltún Caves. Little is known about the first wave of settlers but experts believe they may have been hunter-gatherers moving northwards from the Petén and other areas where Mayan civilization had already begun to evolve. Such bands founded villages throughout the Peninsula and turned to corn cultivation. Over time some communities grew more important and became cities or ceremonial centers such as Cobá, Kohunlich and Dzibanché. The area's earliest date inscriptions were found on Stela 1 at Tulum for A.D. 564, Ichpaatun A.D. 593, on a wooden lintel at Dzibanché for A.D. 618.
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