Nature and Maya Society - Tulum, Mexico
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denben
N 20° 12.956 W 087° 25.747
16Q E 455173 N 2235434
Tulum is the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan walled city serving as a major port for Cobá, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
Waymark Code: WMY4CP
Location: Quintana Roo, Mexico
Date Posted: 04/18/2018
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"Tulum was one of the last cities built and inhabited by the Maya; it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico. Old World diseases brought by the Spanish settlers appear to have resulted in very high fatalities, disrupting the society and eventually causing the city to be abandoned. One of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites, Tulum is today a popular site for tourists." (
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The information panel says:
"Politics, economics and daily life: reflections on nature - The mayas considered the earth as a flat, immobile body. Aware that nature provided all that was necessary for securing a residence and sustenance they treated the jungle as a resource that was subject to practices of conservation, modification and multiple use.
The main economic activity of the people who lived at Tulum was fishing, although they also devoted time to hunting and agriculture given that these activities were necessary for survival.
In their building projects they relied on stomasons, bricklayers, sculptors and painters."
Society was divided into three levels: rulers, specialists and workers."