Punta Laguna

Punta Laguna is a town along the borders of the Mexican states of Quintana Roo and Yucatan. Punta Laguna is home to the Najil Tucha community cooperative, which operates tours of the adjacent Otoch Ma'ax Yetel Kooh [fr] nature preserve,^[1] home to spider monkeys and howler monkeys.^[2] The reserve has been the site of scientific studies in the fields of geology,^[3] primatology,^[4] and archaeology.^[5]

Archaeological site[edit]

The archaeological site of Punta Laguna was occupied from approximately 300 BCE to 1500 CE, spanning the Preclassic, Classic, and Postclassic Periods. The site consists of over 200 structures located around the Punta Laguna lagoon.^[6] The site also includes a cenote containing the remains of at least 120 individuals who were ritually deposited there over the course of the site's occupation.^[7]^[8]

References[edit]

^ "Punta Laguna". Punta Laguna. Retrieved 2023-02-09.
^ García-Frapolli, Eduardo; Bonilla-Moheno, Martha; Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel (August 11, 2013). "Community Conservation in Punta Laguna: A Case of Adaptive Ecotourism Management". In Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Ruiz-Mallén, Isabel; Camacho-Benavides, Claudia; McCandless, Susannah R. (eds.). Community Action for Conservation. Springer New York. pp. 101–113. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7956-7_7. ISBN 978-1-4614-7955-0.
^ Guilderson, Thomas; Curtis, Jason H.; Brenner, Mark; Hodell, David A. (May 18, 2001). "Solar Forcing of Drought Frequency in the Maya Lowlands". Science. 292 (5520): 1367–1370. Bibcode:2001Sci...292.1367H. doi:10.1126/science.1057759. PMID 11359010. S2CID 29875609.
^ Campbell, Christina J.; Aureli, Filippo; Chapman, Colin A.; Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel; Matthews, Kim; Russo, Sabrina E.; Suarez, Scott; Vick, Laura (October 1, 2005). "Terrestrial Behavior of Ateles spp". International Journal of Primatology. 26 (5): 1039–1051. doi:10.1007/s10764-005-6457-1. S2CID 13601385.
^ Kurnick, Sarah (March 1, 2019). "Navigating the past in the aftermath of dramatic social transformations: Postclassic engagement with the Classic period past in the northeast Yucatan peninsula". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 53: 51–65. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2018.11.003.
^ Kurnick, Sarah; Rogoff, David (2020-06-01). "Maya cartographies: Two maps of Punta Laguna, Yucatan, Mexico". Journal of Social Archaeology. 20 (2): 119–143. doi:10.1177/1469605320914105. ISSN 1469-6053. S2CID 216440302.
^ López, Luis Alberto Martos (December 2008). "Underwater Archaeological Exploration of the Mayan Cenotes". Museum International. 60 (4): 100–110. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0033.2008.00670.x. ISSN 1350-0775.
^ "Tratamientos mortuorios en los cenotes". Arqueología Mexicana (in Spanish). 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

[1] "Punta Laguna". Punta Laguna. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

[2] García-Frapolli, Eduardo; Bonilla-Moheno, Martha; Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel (August 11, 2013). "Community Conservation in Punta Laguna: A Case of Adaptive Ecotourism Management". In Porter-Bolland, Luciana; Ruiz-Mallén, Isabel; Camacho-Benavides, Claudia; McCandless, Susannah R. (eds.). Community Action for Conservation. Springer New York. pp. 101–113. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-7956-7_7. ISBN 978-1-4614-7955-0.

[3] Guilderson, Thomas; Curtis, Jason H.; Brenner, Mark; Hodell, David A. (May 18, 2001). "Solar Forcing of Drought Frequency in the Maya Lowlands". Science. 292 (5520): 1367–1370. Bibcode:2001Sci...292.1367H. doi:10.1126/science.1057759. PMID 11359010. S2CID 29875609.

[4] Campbell, Christina J.; Aureli, Filippo; Chapman, Colin A.; Ramos-Fernández, Gabriel; Matthews, Kim; Russo, Sabrina E.; Suarez, Scott; Vick, Laura (October 1, 2005). "Terrestrial Behavior of Ateles spp". International Journal of Primatology. 26 (5): 1039–1051. doi:10.1007/s10764-005-6457-1. S2CID 13601385.

[5] Kurnick, Sarah (March 1, 2019). "Navigating the past in the aftermath of dramatic social transformations: Postclassic engagement with the Classic period past in the northeast Yucatan peninsula". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 53: 51–65. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2018.11.003.

[6] Kurnick, Sarah; Rogoff, David (2020-06-01). "Maya cartographies: Two maps of Punta Laguna, Yucatan, Mexico". Journal of Social Archaeology. 20 (2): 119–143. doi:10.1177/1469605320914105. ISSN 1469-6053. S2CID 216440302.

[7] López, Luis Alberto Martos (December 2008). "Underwater Archaeological Exploration of the Mayan Cenotes". Museum International. 60 (4): 100–110. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0033.2008.00670.x. ISSN 1350-0775.

[8] "Tratamientos mortuorios en los cenotes". Arqueología Mexicana (in Spanish). 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2023-02-09.

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