Gumarcaj, (sometimes rendered as Cumarcaj or Kumarcaaj) is an archeological site in El Quiché department of Guatemala. Gumarcaj is also known as Utatlán, the Nahuatl language name for the city. The name comes from K'iche' Q'umarkah "Place of old reeds". History Gumarcaj (properly Q'umarkah or Q'ümä'rkä'aj, in the modern K'iche'-Maya alphabets) was the capital city of the K'ichee'/K'iche'/Quiché Maya people in late Pre-Columbian times. The ruins of the… (More on Gumarcaj)