Today we drove into a Yucatan jungle and learned all about archeology!!Dr. Tomas was a superb instructor for our group ant taught us all about how they have been working on Mayan sites for more than 25 years at this site. He has also worked on a number of other Mayan locations. It was very fascinating how they approach a ruin and ways to identify what occurred at the site. I could have listed to him for many, many hours.
He described this Mayan site as a “palace” and the number of features within different levels of the ruin.They also have worked extensively at this Mayan pyramid. He described how they carefully tunneled into the doorway seen on the left and that the passage ran deeply into the pyramid.We learned about repair work at a ruin. The researchers were concerned that the whole roof my collapse and inserted the four stones that are whiter to support the roof.This is the current Mayan pyramid where they are working. You can see stakes in the ground and identified artifacts that are now placed on the steps. It was amazing how carefully they are examining the site and learning about the Mayan people!!We showed us a bowl that he found at another Mayan site. Construction workers were building a road and when they located some items, he was contacted and he found this bowl. It was an amazing story to hear how he found such a pristine piece of pottery!!
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