Joya de Ceren is a preserved Mayan village in El Salvador. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The name means simply "Jewel of Ceren," and it is one of the more popular tourist attractions in El Salvador.
"Joya de Ceren was a Mayan village that was populated before European contact with the Americas. It was a relatively small farming village, located on the outer edges of the Mayan civilization. It was first settled sometime in the 9th or 10th century BCE, and remained settled for more than a millennium. Around the middle of the 3rd century it was abandoned when the Ilopango volcano erupted, but by the early-5th century it had been repopulated and once more flourished." http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-joya-de-ceren.htm
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