[Aztlan] NEW FINDINGS IN THE PUUC REGION OF THE YUCATAN

[michael ruggeri]



Listeros,

Archaeologists George Bay and Tomas Gallareta are investigating the  
abandoned Maya site of Kiuic in the Puuc region and are finding that  
the Puuc region had been occupied by Maya large scale builders for  
2000 years. They are unearthing Maya cities in the Puuc region that  
date back to 800 BCE and with large scale monumental architecture.

At Kiuic, they are finding Guatemalan obsidian and Olmec jade and  
seeing that the Puuc cities were tied to Maya centers further south  
very early. There are now hundreds of large cities that have been  
found in the Puuc area of the Yucatan containing hundreds of  
thousands of people unknown to researchers until the 1980's.

Kiuic was abandoned in the 10th century and Bey is finding finding  
some signs of warfare as an explanation of the collapse at Kiuic. Bey  
believes they will find large Maya cities in the Puuc area dating  
back to 1000 BCE as they continue to dig.

USA Today has the story here;
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/2008-06-22- 
maya-kiuic_N.htm

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