A canyon slot with eroded slate atriums & waterfall may be a Mogollon (not Moyon) water ritual site. Ritually 'killed' pottery expected — like Maya offerings. No surface finds yet 🏺💧
Canyon slot 2 identified as probable Mogollon water offering site
Site mentioned
📍 Canyon Slot 2, West Fork Gila
Key facts
- Canyon slot 2 features multiple atriums eroded in slate rock
- Waterfall and water source suggest ritual significance
- Mogollon people likely left offerings during drought seasons
- Similar to Maya water ritual practices in Central America
- Pottery with kill holes (ritually deactivated) expected at such sites
- 99.9% certainty of archaeological significance despite no surface artifacts found
- Limited daylight hours prevented thorough excavation survey
Sources
Buried for 3,000 years, this Mayan ritual deposit is puzzling ... - Futurafutura-sciences.com
The use of a natural bedrock cavity was deliberate. For the ancient Maya, such formations served as symbolic thresholds between the earthly ...
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