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The Mexican government discovered the “greatest archaeological treasure” in decades during construction work. Mayan Train, in the southeast of the country, he assured EFE, Diego Prieto Hernandez, Director
The Mexican government discovered the “greatest archaeological treasure” in decades during construction work. Mayan Train, in the southeast of the country, he assured EFE, Diego Prieto Hernandez, Director of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).
The sun disk at Chichen Itza, the sculpture of the corn god at Palenque, the double stele at Uxmal, bas-reliefs of a prisoner taken by the hair of a dignitary at Ek Balam, funerary urns and shards are just some of the objects found. V five states through which the new railroad passes.
“In Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Chiapas, we discovered more than 1.4 million ceramic fragments, more than 50,000 movable and immovable properties such as palaces and structures, constituting the largest archaeological treasure found in recent decades in Mexico.” stated the director of INAH.
The main thing for an official is restore comprehensive information and the possibility of reconstructing social structures and thinking from the Maya.
“This is why the tomb of Pacal in Chiapas may be more interesting than an arrowhead, indicating the ancient presence of the culture of this region,” he explained.
New perspectives on Mayan culture
The archaeologist highlighted the discovery of the complexity of urban communication and trade systems that developed in the Maya region of Mesoamerica, which includes Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.
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To the cultural treasures found along the Mayan train route added re-opening of Ichkabal“the majestic city of the Mayan people, which will open to the public next August.”
“We are talking about a large collective institutional investigation with the participation of hundreds of young specialists in the field of archaeology, technology, history and other disciplines,” he assured.
Speaking about the Archaeological Area Improvement Program (Promesa), created on the basis of the Mayan train, he emphasized that they had discovered valuable information and materials for a better understanding of the future and development of the Mayan civilization. their eras, cultural regions, artistic and urban expressions.
INAH experts gained new knowledge “such as the high population densities recorded in Mesoamerica, especially in northern Chiapas, the Tabasco jungle, southern Campeche and the Yucatan Peninsula.”
Prieto Hernández formulated two pillars of this work of research and recovery of Maya memory.
“One of these is archaeological salvage, which involves the recovery of materials that provide valuable information and architectural structures, as well as movable and immovable property within the train right-of-way,” he said.
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Another pillar is Promise“We are systematically and systematically focusing on the exploration, conservation, structuring and stabilization of elements in archaeological areas open to the public and those that will be opened in the near future, such as Ichqabal,” he said.
Treasures open to tourism
Promeza includes activities to improve the visitor experience “with elements of site interpretation and understanding, as well as core services.”
INAH’s mission, which will be 85 years old in 2024, is research, conservation and dissemination.
“We can’t just focus on research, we have to preserve archaeological materials and sites for future generations,” he said.
Prieto Hernandez noted that it is important to know that the Mayan civilization did not disappearsince it consists of linguistic variants and peoples who offered resistance.
Treasures found during the construction of the Mayan Train will be exhibited in Archaeological Museum of Puuca, monuments of Dzibilchaltun and Chichen Itza, as well as History of Yucatan, which will open in the coming months.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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