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Multi-periodSite Name: Isla de SacrificiosCountry: Mexico Region: Veracruz Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Vera Cruz
Latitude: 19.175000N Longitude: 96.092W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Ancient Temple in Veracruz.During the era of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico it was reported that two temples stood on this island.
We found two stone buildings of good workmanship, each with a flight of steps leading up to a kind of altar, and on those altars were evil-looking idols, .... Here we found five Indians who had been sacrificed to them on that very night. Their chests had been struck open and their arms and thighs cut off, and the walls of these buildings were covered in blood. All this amazed us greatly, and we called this island the Isla de Sacrificios... - Bernal Díaz, Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España.
By 1820 only the trace of ruins could be found, but many artifacts, appearing to have ritual use, have been excavated from the site and are stored at the British Museum today. The island itself is part of a marine santcuary and is not normally accessible to the general public.
Note: Women central part of pre-colonial Maya society. See comment
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