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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I hope they take pictures before they burn through the evidence.
Now if there were only 2000 year old munchies near by. maybe some brownies or cookies.
It looks like a chamberpot.
Love this fascinating information and always look forward to seeing your posts. Thanks.
Hey, they had to keep their chambers in something...
Thanks! My pleasure.
In 1000 BC there was a city in Central America that existed solely as a place to get chocolate...
https://www.google.com/search?q=precolumbian+chocolate+city
The Mayans were stoners?
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Coba is nice, better in some ways than Chichen Itza, because it is almost completely unrestored and you have to walk down jungle paths to explore it. I don’t know about scooters on that coastal road to Tulum though. It was a crowded one lane each way death trap, and I recall a dilapidated semi ahead of me pulling out of our lane into oncoming traffic while going around a turn with “Solo dios sabe tu destino” (Only God knows your fate) written on its bumper.
When I read the headline I was thinking it was the other kind of pot.😜
Animal House,
Correct?
And someday we WILL go there.
We will visit everything, the park, the zoo, the gardens, the museum, the restaurant and finish it off with a day at the spa. Ok, he might draw the line at a full day at the spa.
I am still going to have one.
Anyway, now that I have gone completely off topic, nice article, thank you for posting it.
Within 48 hours they had made 2000 copies and were selling them for $20 Pesos on 2nd ave in Playa Del Carmen and Cancun.
Hot tub, sippin’ hot cocoa...
Perhaps I can talk the boss into a hot tub.
I used to know some people who got one on prescription due to the wife’s back ailment. Probably a high deductible, but...
Whoah. Did not expect that. Nice.
A family member whose Honduran family owned several sugar cane plantations has a perfectly preserved Mayan stone carving that was unearthed during a planting season. He was able to bring it home before Honduras put a ban on the exporting of Mayan antiquities..........
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