AIA Fieldwork Photo Contest 2024

Entry 77834

Submitted by Przemek A. TrzeĊ›niowski

Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve

Punta Chamax, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Category: Archaeological Landscapes

The border of worlds - the tannic water of the Ox Bel Ha springs, the longest flooded cave system on Earth, and the Caribbean Sea. Between them, a narrow strip of land, where a thousand years ago, the Postclassic Maya civilization of the East Coast nested.

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