[Aztlan] Massive Maya city being excavated in Quintana Roo

[Jorge Pérez de Lara Elías]

Listeros,

Just a small note of clarification regarding the discovery of Ichkabal:

while the local population probably have always known about the  
enormous  mounds, the first "outside persons" to report the site were  
INAH archaeologists Luz Evelia Campaña and Javier López Camacho in  
1995. They were the ones who gave the site the name by which it is  
currently known and who also conducted extensive surface work,  
including mapping. Unfortunately, they were not able to do any further  
work due to lack of funding.

I consider it important to always give credit where credit is due.

Jorge


On Apr 5, 2009, at 11:10 AM, michael ruggeri wrote:

>  The site had been discovered by  a local person in 1995.