Nuevo Ojo de Agua Cave

Nuevo Ojo de Agua Cave is a pre-Columbian burial site in Chiapas, Mexico. 167 human remains deposited in the cave, dating to approximately 900 AD [1]. The bodies were discovered by farmers on the Nuevo Ojo de Agua ranch in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas [1]. The site represents one of the largest Mesoamerican cave burial contexts documented in modern archaeology [1].

TypeCave Structures
Period500 - 1000 AD
CountryMexico
Coordinates16.1702° N, 91.6100° W

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