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Maya altar and offerings at abandoned Belize sites highlight enduring ritual activities
- June 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Archaeologists excavating Maya sites at Kaxil Uinik and Ayiin Winik in Belize have discovered the first reported Late Postclassic altar in the region, along with additional evidence that Postclassic Maya people continued to visit abandoned locations. The study, published in Latin American Antiquity, indicates that these activities fit into a broad pattern of Postclassic veneration of earlier Maya civilization after its decline.
Originally published at Phys.org