THE SACRED WELL
CHICHEN ITZA

A.D. 800 TO A.D. 1539 (
IN TWO PHASES)
YUCATAN, MEXICO
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    Among the spectacular gold and jade artifacts that

were dredged from the famous Cenote of Sacrifice

almost a century ago (beginning on March 5, 1904), flaked

stone artifacts were also found. These were in the form

of  projectile points, knife blades (some with handles

still attached), obsidian blades & cores and waste flakes.

Many of these artifacts were deliberately thermally

damaged. But there were no "eccentric flints" found in

the well.
   The most important items found in the well were those

made of perishable materials like cloth, wood and bone.

Items found in this category that relate to flaked stone

artifacts are fire hardened wooden foreshafts that once

held corner-notched spear points and finely carved atlatls.

The sacred well at Chichen Itza.

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