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Institute of Maya Studies

An Affiliate of the Miami Science Museum

January 28, 2009

Recent Discoveries

The South side of the Codz-Poop structure in Kabah

The South side of the Codz-Poop structure in Kabah showing the recent excavations made by INAH archaeologist Lourdes Toscano. Inside an inner chamber, is a basal decoration of skulls and skeletal torsos. Arq. Toscano also found evidence of a ritual that involved fire in front of that chamber.

Detail of the recently excavated South side of the Codz-Poop in Kabah

Detail of the recently excavated South side of the Codz-Poop in Kabah. A carved skeletal torso with a heart is part of the basal decoration of an inner chamber in the southern end of the building. INAH archaeologist Lourdes Toscano is head of the project in Kabah. (IMS tour of the Puuc area in Nov. 2006.)