Anthropology

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May 27, 2022
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By Martha Lopez Huan

Merida, Mexico, May 27 (EFE).- An ancient Mayan city occupied between 1,400 and 1,100 years ago was discovered four years ago amid the low rainforest of the southeastern Mexican state of Yucatan.

Since then, a group of archaeologists have been cataloging the riches of that site – known as Xiol (Spirit of Man) in the Mayan language – and working to understand the full significance of a locality that was home to more than 4,000 people, including priests, scribes, dignitaries and commoners.

The palace-type buildings constructed in the Mayan Puuc style – discovered in 2018 by 24K, a company that is developing an industrial park in the northern Yucatan municipality of Kanasin – are located in the heart of Yucatan’s Henequen zone, 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) east of Merida.

“The discovery of this Mayan city is important due to its monumental architecture and because it was recovered despite being located on private land,” Arturo Chab Cardenas, representative of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) Yucatan Center in Merida, told Efe.

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