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Submitted by bat400 on Thursday, 10 May 2012  Page Views: 12188

Multi-periodSite Name: Tulum Alternative Name: Tuluum, Zana
Country: Mexico Region: Quintana Roo Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Cancun  Nearest Village: Tulum
Latitude: 20.214670N  Longitude: 87.42889W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
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2Not Good
1Awful
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Tulum submitted by davidmorgan : The Temple of the Frescoes. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Tulum is a walled, Post Classical (ca. 1200- 1450 AD) Maya town. There are ruins of a temple on a pyramid, a palace, and the "Temple of the Frescos" where some painted plasterwork remains. Tulum is perhaps most famous for its spectacular seaside location.

However, this attraction and its relative nearness to the tourist resort of Cozumel, Cancun, and the towns on the coast mean that the site is frequntly crowded and has been damaged over the years due to pure tourist volume. The location given is for the site in general.

Note: Bones of early American disappear from underwater cave near Mexico's Tulum.
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Tulum submitted by paulcall : A view of El Castillo from the north. When the spanish conquistadores first saw this building from the sea as they travelled down the coast, it was apparently coloured red. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tulum submitted by paulcall : A panorama of the whole site from El Castillo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tulum submitted by paulcall : The Temple of the Frescoes, with El Castillo in the background. Inside the temple is a mural depicting the three realms of the Mayan world - the upper realm of the rain gods, the middle realm of the living and the lower realm of the deceased in the underworld. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tulum submitted by davidmorgan : El Castillo dominates the site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Tulum submitted by SolarMegalith : Post-Classic Temple of the Wind in Tulum is located in northern part of the complex (photo taken on March 2002).

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Tulum submitted by ogham : One of the many buildings on the site.

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Tulum submitted by ogham : Temple of the Frescos

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Tulum submitted by ogham : El Castillo

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Tulum submitted by davidmorgan : The Gran Palacio at Tulum.

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Tulum submitted by durhamnature : "Watchtower", from "Ancient America" via archive.org

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Tulum submitted by ogham : Looking from the Temple of the Frescos to El Castillo.

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Tulum submitted by paulcall : A panorama of the site from near the western entrance. On the right is Structure 20, which was once a royal palace. Centre-left is the House of the Columns. El Castillo in the background still dominates the scene.

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Tulum submitted by paulcall : A view of El Castillo from the north western Watchtower Temple.

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Tulum submitted by Orcinus : Tulum- what a setting! 2002

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Tulum submitted by Orcinus : Tulum, 2002. Site in Quintana Roo Mexico

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Tulum submitted by ogham : Templo Dios del Viento

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Tulum submitted by ogham : El Castillo

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Tulum submitted by paulcall : A view of the site from the north east corner. El Castillo is the larger building in the background. The whole site is fantastically situated next to the Caribbean Sea.

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Tulum submitted by davidmorgan : El Castillo overlooking the Caribbean Sea.

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Tulum submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the walls, from "Ancient America" via archive.org

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Tulum submitted by ogham : El Castillo

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Tulum submitted by ogham : God of Winds Temple

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Tulum submitted by 43559959 : Interesting place, with a nice beach and good setting in the late 80s.

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Bones of early American disappear from underwater cave by bat400 on Thursday, 10 May 2012
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One of the first humans to inhabit the Americas has been stolen – and archaeologists want it back. The skeleton, which is probably at least 10,000 years old, has disappeared from a cenote, or underground water reservoir, in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

In response, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico City has placed "wanted" posters in supermarkets, bakeries and dive shops in and around the nearby town of Tulum. They are also considering legal action to recover the remains.

The missing bones belong to a skeleton dubbed Young Man of Chan Hol II, discovered in 2010. The cenote in which it was found had previously yielded another 10,000-year-old skeleton – the Young Man of Chan Hol, discovered in 2006.

The earlier find has anatomical features suggesting shared heritage with Indonesians and south Asians. Other skeletons found in cenotes in the area with similar features may date to around 14,000 years ago. Such finds imply that not all early Americans came from north Asia.

Both skeletons were laid to rest at a time when sea level was much lower than it is today and the cenote, now about 8 metres below the water, was dry.

INAH researchers have been aware of creeping theft of specimens from cenotes, but they lack the resources to guard the hundreds of sites that dot the peninsula.

Thanks for the story submitted by coldrum: For more, see http://www.newscientist.com
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The Uncovering of Mayan Ruins by bat400 on Saturday, 12 November 2011
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Article on touring Mayan sites, thanks to coldrum:

An advanced civilization inhabiting the lands of the Yucatan Peninsula along with Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Guatemala some time between 300 CE to 900 CE. Just a few centuries later, archaeologists have discovered brilliantly erected pyramids along with astonishingly distinct ancient monuments through these areas, which are seen to have persisted between 1300 BCE and 1200 CE. The good news is, these ancient Mayan ruins have been opened up for travelers and young explorers at the same time. The fact is that most people who have visited the areas of Mexico as well as Central America are left stunned and praising the what we call Mayan ruins.

It had been ages that these Mayan ruins are left concealed beneath the lush rainforests which are surrounded by pristine waterfalls not to mention filled with beautiful floras and faunas waiting to be discovered. And discovering, the visitors did. Therefore, Tulum as well as Chichen Itza boasting the very best conserved Mayan ruins remain to be two of the most predominantly visited archaeological sites on the planet. The very best characteristic of the Tulum ruins is the chance to view Caribbean Sea while walking over the rainforests housing probably the most praise-worthy relics of the mystical ancient civilization. You can find Tulum roughly 131 km south of Cancun, Mexico. The place is simply not adored because of its amazing ruins but revered for many other reasons. Its function in the flourishing of the Mayan by giving their main port city additionally improves the experience of experiencing a bit of what might have been many thousands of years back.

In Tulum, one of the most favorite relices is the Temple of the Frescoes. Carvings and also its usual Mayan motif interior in addition to the traces of original paint never go wrong to draw in history lovers and also archaeologists from different parts of the world. The most famous image of this building is the diving god, made with wings along with bird’s tail that happen to be considered to be the symbol of Kukulkan – the feathered serpent god that played an important role in the progression of the Mesoamerican cultures.

Tulum and Chichen Itza are only two of the amazing Mayan archaeological sites found in the Yucatan Peninsula . Travelers may likewise fall in love with the premiere Mayan ruins with the grand Temple of Inscriptions highlighting Pakal’s tomb all based in Palenque. Lovers of history will certainly find the sites of Agua Azul very interesting not forgetting the captivating Misol Ha falls, Bonampak ruins and the pristine Usumacinta river.

Having all these relics presented to trips and also visits, the vanished civilization of the Mayans is – well – absolutely not lost. Undeniably, as appealing as the culture was hundreds of years before, the ruins of one of the most powerful groups of people had the eye of the whole world increased immediately after being discovered in the rainforests of the paradises on earth.

Read more at eva-news.com/travel.
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Re: Fourth Pre-Historic Human found in underwater caves near Tulum by Aluta on Thursday, 23 September 2010
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Fascinating, although why they continue to say that everyone arrived by the Bering strait while Australia. Indonesia, and other Pacific Islands were populated by explorers who came by sea, I do not know. At any rate, I'll be interested to hear about full genetic testing results when they are available.
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Fourth Pre-Historic Human found in underwater caves near Tulum by bat400 on Thursday, 23 September 2010
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Submitted by coldrum ---

Ritually placed in once dry cavern, Mexico skeleton offers clues to first Americans.

Apparently laid to rest more than 10,000 years ago in a fiery ritual, one of the oldest skeletons in the Americas has been retrieved from an undersea cave along Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, researchers say. Dating to a time when the now lush region was a near desert, the "Young Man of Chan Hol" may help uncover how the first Americans arrived—and who they were.

About 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Cancún, the cave system of Chan Hol—"little hole" in a Maya language—is like a deep gouge into the Caribbean coast. In 2006, after entering the cave's opening, about 30 feet (10 meters) underwater, German cave divers swam more than 1,800 feet (550 meters) through dark tunnels spiked with rock formations. There they accidentally uncovered the Ice Age human's remains and notified archaeologists based in the surrounding state, Quintana Roo.

For the last three years researchers led by Arturo González, director of the Desert Museum in Saltillo, Mexico, have been studying and documenting the bones in place, so as not to lose any clues offered by context.

In late August scuba-diving researchers finally raised the bones for lab study, after having placed them in plastic bags of cave water and sealing the remains in plastic bins.

No fewer than 10,000 years ago, Chan Hol filled with seawater as Ice Age ice caps melted, the researchers say. No human, they conclude, could have ended up so far back in the cave system after that point—which is why they believe the young man is at least 10,000 years old. The exact age of the bones should be determined by ongoing carbon-dating tests, which should be completed in three to four months, Gonzalez said.

The newly raised skeleton is the fourth to be found in underwater caves around the town of Tulum (map). One of the other skeletons—named the Woman of Naharon, or Eve of Naharon—is thought to be even more ancient, around 12,000 years old.

At about 60 percent complete, the Young Man of Chan Hol skeleton is remarkably whole for a 10,000-year-old specimen, the researchers say. Especially revealing are his teeth—lack of wear tipped off the team to the individual's relatively young age at death.

The skeletons found in the Quintana Roo caves could force scientists to rethink their ideas about the initial population of the Americas, Gonzalez said.

For example, the skulls of both the Young Man of Chan Hol and the Woman of Naharon have anatomical features that suggest their owners were descended from people of South Asia and Indonesia—not from northern Asia, like North America's other known early migrants.

The discovery supports the idea that multiple groups of migrants may have entered North America via the Bering Strait—using the now submerged land bridge that once connected what are now Siberia and Alaska—at different times in history, Gonzalez said.

Today, the Yucatán Peninsula is covered by rain forests, but when the Young Man of Chan Hol lived, it was a semiarid savannah, said Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, a geologist at Heidelberg University in Germany, who was not involved in the research. "The Yucatán surface was dry, and there were no rivers or lakes on the surface," Stinnesbeck said in an email.

Finding water and shade would have been a problem, and as a result humans may have found refuge and drinking water in subterranean caves, he added. The caves may have also served a spiritual purpose, project leader Gonzales said.

The skeleton, he noted, was found in an unusual position—on its side, with legs bent and arms held straight along the sides of the body—suggesting the man had been purposely placed in the cave, perhaps as part of a funeral process.

The team also found evidence of bonfires inside the cavern, which could suggest that illuminating the cave was a part of the funeral ceremony, he add

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Three prehistoric bodies found in SE Mexican caves. by bat400 on Monday, 23 April 2007
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Submitted by coldrum --
"Mexican archaeologists found remains of two women and a man that can be traced to more than 10,000 years ago in the Mayan area of Tulum, Mexico's National Anthropology and History Institute said in a statement on Tuesday.

"The remains were being examined by laboratories in Britain, the United States and Mexico, all of which had said the remains were people between 10,000 and 14,500 years ago, said Carmen Rojas, an archaeologist quoted in the statement. "This makes southeastern Mexico one of the few areas with a proven prehistoric presence in America," said Rojas.

"Archaeologists have worked since 2002 to exhume the bodies from underwater caverns, said the statement. In the past the region was dry but the caves were flooded due in the last thaw of the Pleistocene ice age, it said. Archaeological finds showed the region was probably used as a refuge and a graveyard, said the Institute."

The remains of two women and one man, all adults were found in three separate caves. Although found in the Tulum area, they predate that Mayan town by more than 7,000 years. For more, see This link.
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    10000 year old woman Reconstructed from Cave Remains by bat400 on Saturday, 31 July 2010
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    The remains of the woman found in Las Palmas cave have been "Reconstructed". See the article and photograph here.
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