The clay pot found in Playa del Carmen The clay pot found in Playa del Carmen.CENOTES URBANOS DE PLAYA DEL CARMEN
Posted on 07/22/2022 9:12:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have discovered an approximately 2,000-year-old Mayan pot in a cave in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo.
The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) announced the discovery in a statement Tuesday, saying that the 13-centimeter-high “chocolatier style” pot had been dated to the late pre-classic period of 300 B.C. to 250 A.D.
INAH archaeologists José Antonio Reyes Solís and Enrique Terrones González visited a cave on a Playa del Carmen property owned by a religious association after receiving a report on it from biologist and speleologist Roberto Rojo.
Reyes said they found the pot near the eastern wall of the Cueva de la Cruz (Cave of the Cross), where the ceramic relic was partially submerged in sediment. Despite its age, the pot is completely intact, he said.
The ancient vessel was photographed in situ before it was removed using a “meticulous process,” INAH said, noting that it was passed along a human chain to ensure it wasn’t damaged. The relic was subsequently transferred to the Mayan Museum of Cancún, where it was closely inspected and measured. The body of the pot, which has no handles, has a diameter of 16 centimeters while its mouth, or opening, is slightly wider at 17 cm.
Reyes noted that the exterior of the pot is reddish in color while the inside is black...
The pot found in the cave will be studied to learn more about the Mayan people who were alive at the time when it was made.
Archaeologists plan to return to the Cueva de la Cruz during the dry season to search for other artifacts, as the cave tends to fill up with water during the rainy season.
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The clay pot found in Playa del Carmen The clay pot found in Playa del Carmen.CENOTES URBANOS DE PLAYA DEL CARMEN
I’m sure it’s really far-out, but the newer strains are so much stronger, dude.
Probably pretty harsh by now.
Best run it through a bong to mellow it out.
Indica or Sattiva?
Where’s Moe Howard when I need him?
Wow, completely intact too. Offhand I can’t remember seeing any man-made thing that old that was still completely intact.
Potty down, y’all!
What does it mean?
2000 yrs old? It would be a hella harsh smoke
ESL?
that does it— i’m renaming all of the spitoons in my attic to chocolatier pots.
Looks like a spittoon............................
I thought they would have found something like this at my hoarder MIL’s house.
On the bottom was a signature that reads, “made with love by Fawn Lebowitz”, nearby they found the remains of an old kiln that showed signs of a mysterious explosion
Chamber pot? Chocolate pot?
Who would know the difference?
If you have the munchies really bad it won’t matter what you put in your mouth.
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