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  • Vestiges of Beekeeping Discovered on the Mayan Train

    05/28/2024 12:09:58 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 15 replies
    TrenMayaa.com ^ | May 23, 2024 | R. Tren Mayaa
    The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the Ministry of Culture have confirmed a great archaeological find in Quintana Roo.During excavations in section six of the Mayan Train, which extends between Tulum and Chetumal, vestiges of ancient Mayan beekeeping have been found...The team of archaeologists has recovered jobón caps, an indication of meliponiculture, the breeding of stingless bees, practiced by the Mayans in ancient times.Initially, it was thought that the excavations were revealing an albarrada (wall), but the discovery of these covers changed the hypothesis, identifying the vestiges as parts of a meliponary.The lids, made of limestone, have...