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  • Anthropology students in Belize: Maya rituals unearthed

    Aug 16, 2018 9:00 am by by Jesann Gonzalez Cruz and Jean T. Larmon, graduate students in anthropologyStudent Experiences
    Pools like this were sacred to the Maya, who considered them portals to the underworld. Drone photo by Jeannie Larmon

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    • Pools like this were sacred to the Maya, who considered them portals to the underworld. Drone photo by Jeannie Larmon

    We are excavating two ancient Maya sites nestled in the sacred landscape of Cara Blanca in central Belize. Both date to A.D. 800-900,