The structure dates to the period 1000-1200 A.D. and could be linked to the cult of a serpent deity that was prominent in Maya mythology.
Archaeologists have a discovered an ancient structure in the jungles of Mexico that may have been linked to the cult of a Maya serpent deity.A team of researchers with the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History uncovered the circular structure at the archaeological site of El Tigre, Campeche state, in the Yucatán Peninsula.El Tigre likely corresponds to an ancient Maya settlement that was known as Itzamkanac, which was a regional capital and commercial hub.
For example, while the cult of Kukulcán had its origins in earlier Maya traditions, it may have also been influenced by the Quetzalcóatl cult.An important historical document of the region known as the Paxbolón Maldonado Papers, describes a settlement called Itzamkanac that features temples dedicated to the four main deities of the Postclassic period Maya, one of whom was Kukulcán.
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