Platform of the Tombs

This funerary structure probably served as a storage center for human bones unearthed from other tombs. Items found here included arrowheads, obsidian knives, beads made of bone and shell, skeletons, and teeth. Its most noteworthy architectural features are the columns that rise up out of the mother rock and supported a roof of perishable materials. A serpentine frieze adorned the upper part of the platform at a somewhat greater height than can be presently observed.

Yucatán · Mexico