Fresco Featuring Dugout at Chichén Itzá

From Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

  • The Putun were a group of Chontal Maya from the Gulf Coast of what are today the Mexican states of Tabasco and Campeche. They were the star navigators of the Mayans. Called the “Phoenicians of Mesoamerica,” to them goes the credit for the maritime trading empire along the Caribbean west coast. This fresco featuring dugout canoes is from the interior of the Temple of the Warriors at Chichén Itzá.
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  • Fresco featuring Putun dugout canoes, interior walls of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza.