Chultun
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chultun-210-3177325
title:
Chultun
text:
A chultún is a bottle-shaped underground storage chamber built by the pre-Columbian Maya in southern Mesoamerica. Their entrances were surrounded by plastered aprons which guided rainwater into them during the rainy seasons. Most of these archaeological features likely functioned as cisterns for potable water. Chultunob' were typically constructed in locations where naturally occurring cenotes were absent. While many were constructed to collect water, not all may have served that purpose. Some c
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wiki
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chultun
date created:
2005-06-14T19:59:49Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T00:42:23Z
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13
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