Dr. Sprajc, 67, said the expedition to Ocomtún took about a month and a half, “relatively short” compared with the usual two months or more.
Surrounded by wetlands, Ocomtún includes pyramids, plazas, elite residences and “strange” complexes of structures arranged almost in concentric circles, Dr. Sprajc said.
The largest documented structure in Ocomtún was a pyramid about 50 feet tall, which Dr. Sprajc said would have been a temple.
He said excavations could help answer a host of questions about who lived there and their relationship to other Maya cities and settlements.
People appeared to have left Ocomtún around the same time they did other Maya cities, from about 800 to 1000 A.D., a decline that researchers attribute to factors like drought and political strife.
Persons:
Martin, Sprajc, Ocomtún, ”, Charles Golden
Organizations:
Brandeis University
Locations:
”, Ocomtún