The Cerros archaeological site is located directly on the seashore, south of Chetumal Bay and within The Cerro Maya Archaeological Reserve.
Its occupation was mostly from the Late Preclassic period, when its three architectural groups decorated with complex stucco masks were built, of which Structure 5C-Sub2 stands out, located to the north of the site.
Structure 4B is the tallest on the site, 22 m high and together with structures 5C and 6B they make up a Triadic Group, characteristic of Late Preclassic cities.
The entire ceremonial enclosure was surrounded by a semicircular canal, possibly for defensive and drainage functions, or simply to delimit the sacred space. To the south is the site of Cuello, which contains some of the earliest evidence in all of the Lowlands. Excavations on Platform 34 uncovered dwellings dating back to 1,000 BC
So they said when they meditated and spoke at once. At that point, birds and deers were created. Immediately they distributed their homes to the deer and the birds.
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