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Watercolor-and-ink illustration of an overgrown stone-edged Maya chultun opening in a forest floor, based on an archaeological site photograph.
Built structures

Maya chultun

A chultun is an underground cavity cut into bedrock at Maya sites. Archaeological studies document varied forms and uses; a proposed food-preservation role for some southern lowland examples remains a hypothesis.

Pits and cavities
Northwestern Petén
Warm-ivory ink-and-watercolor illustration of pozol nixtamalized maize dough enclosed by broad overlapping plantain leaves, an interpretive depiction of the documented fermentation wrapper.
Equipment

Pozol leaf package

Plantain leaves wrap pozol’s nixtamalized maize dough during fermentation, limiting drying and keeping portions portable in southeastern Mexico.

Bamboo, leaf and wraps
Southeastern Mexico