Oldest and largest ancient Maya structure found in Mexico

June 5, 2020 Jeremy Donnelly Ancient Civilizations, Blog 0 


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An aerial view of the ancient Maya Aguada Fenix site in Mexico’s Tabasco state, with causeways and reservoirs in the front and the Main Plateau in the back, is seen in this image released on June 3, 2020. Takeshi Inomata/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists using an aerial remote-sensing method have discovered the largest and oldest-known structure built by the ancient Maya civilization – a colossal rectangular elevated platform built between 1,000 and 800 BC in Mexico’s Tabasco state. 

The structure, unlike the soaring Maya pyramids at cities like Tikal in Guatemala and Palenque in Mexico erected some 1,500 years later, was not built of stone but rather of clay and earth, and likely was used for mass rituals, researchers said on Wednesday.

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Archaeologists found ritual deposits of jade axes and tools near pyramids and a plaza at the center of the platform.
Archaeologists found ritual deposits of jade axes and tools near pyramids and a plaza at the center of the platform.Takeshi Inomata

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