Structure 7

14.6406°N, 91.7336°W.

Structure 7 at Takalik Abaj on the Pacific coastal piedmont of southwestern Guatemala is one of the principal pyramidal structures at this critical transitional site between the Olmec and the Maya. The structure was built between approximately 800 BCE and 300 CE during the Late Preclassic, of earth and stone fill rising about 12 metres above the surrounding plaza. Takalik Abaj preserves more than 280 carved stone monuments spanning Olmec, Izapan, and early Maya artistic styles — capturing the moment when the Maya carved-monument tradition emerged from earlier Gulf Coast precursors. The pyramid is associated with several stelae bearing Long Count dates among the earliest in the Maya region. Excavations by the National Project Tak'alik Ab'aj under Christa Schieber de Lavarreda since 1987 have established the long construction sequence.

Structure 7 is a pyramid in the city where Olmec sculptural style transitioned into Maya sculptural style, recorded on stones that are still standing in the same plaza.