Punta Laguna Explained

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 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

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]}

Notes and References

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