Researchers reported this Saturday about the finding of a settlement called ‘Castillo Viejo’ in the archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá, Which is the most visited in Mexico and America, with 2.3 million tourists annually, this discovery continues to reveal new mysteries about the site.
The director of Archaeological Projects of Chichén Itzá, José Osorio León, explained that this new research core is located northwest of Chichen Viejo and is an area of important monuments, with special elements dating from the late classic (600 to 900 after Christ ).
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In addition, thanks to Lidar (acronym for Light detection and ranging) technology, they know more in detail the settlement of the settlement of the “Castillo Viejo”, which has an average extension of 30 square kilometers.
“Chichen Itzá has a long period of occupation and is being investigated little by little,” explained the former director of the Archaeological Zone, World Heritage of Humanity since 1988 and wonder of the modern world since 2007.
On the “Castillo Viejo” site, Osorio León said it is called that because the nucleus It has a considerable pyramidal structure, and is one of the three highest buildings of Chichén Itzá, After Kukulcán Castle and the Osar, both open to the public.
Osorio León said that it is not a Mayan Palace, “as you have in mind”, but a pyramidal structure with stepped access and an upper temple without previous interventions.
The “Viejo Castillo”, which was already known since the 30s, is part of a set that is the basis of palaces and very particular temples, such as those found in the central part of Chichén Itzá.
The researcher pointed out that there was already an archaeological, topographic and architectural survey of the site, but with the lidar the records of that time were redefined, lLeaving the discovery of “new structures that give continuity to the settlement.”
By mixing the new planes with the primary records, They also noticed that it is directly linked to Sacred (White road) in Chichén Itzáwhich could increase from 102 to 130 with those discovered in the new nucleus.
The researcher revealed that they work in a trail project with intervention of housing areas that will be included in ecoarcheological tours in the access journey to Chichen Viejo “to meet housing areas, where the population that built the great monuments” lived.
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They prepare first anniversary celebrations of the great museum
On the other hand, the new director of Chichén Itzá, María Guadalupe Espinosa Rodríguez, said that on February 28 they will celebrate “the first anniversary of the Great Museum of Chichen Itzá.
“There will be conversations about the most recent investigations of terrestrial and underwater archeology carried out in the Chichen and the Sacred Cenote,” Indian.
The Great Museum of Chichén Itzá It has 322 pieces that captivate local, national and international visitors, from vessels and jewelry found in the Sacred Cenote, to a hoop of the ball game, The rash of the ossary and anthropomorphic censer.
Helena Barba Meinecke, researcher responsible for underwater archeology in the Yucatan Peninsula, and Guillermo de Anda will participate in the event, “which has had a fundamental role in the great Mayan aquifer,” said the director.
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