Archaeologists working on a site in southern Tamaulipas, Mexico, known as El Naranjo, have discovered tombs and ruins from Mesoamerica’s Classic period (250 AD to 900 AD). The remains include circular stone platforms, human burials, and precious ornaments that reveal more about the burial traditions and practices of the Huastec people. The large platforms are believed to have been built to protect the eternal resting places of significant individuals, and the ornamental objects found with the remains are thought to have been created with great care and skill. This latest discovery may reveal more information about the Huastec civilization’s history and development over time.
The INAH locates a human settlement of more than a millennium in works of the Mante-Ocampo-Tula highway. ( INAH)
Tombs and Ruins Uncovered in Tamaulipas
With a highway construction project set to break ground in the state of Tamaulipas in north-eastern Mexico, archaeologists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) made the startling discovery that is ground-breaking in another way.
While digging at a site in southern Tamaulipas known as El Naranjo, the scientists unearthed tombs and ruins that date back to Mesoamerica’s spectacular Classic period (250 AD to 900 AD). This included a pair of huge circular stone platforms or bases, and more than a dozen human burials, which revealed new details about the funerary practices of the people who lived in ancient times in Tamaulipas’s Huasteca…
