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San Gervasio is an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the northern third of the island of Cozumel off the northeastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula, in what is now the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. San Gervasio's pre-Hispanic name was Tantun Cuzamil, Mayan for Flat Rock in the place of the Swallows.
A number of ruins can be found on the island, most from the Post-Classic period. The largest Maya ruins on the island were near the downtown area and have now been destroyed. [35] Today, the largest remaining ruins are at San Gervasio, located approximately at the center of the island. Benito Juarez Monument in Cozumel
The ruins were officially reported to the Mexican government in June 1972 by Dr. Peter Harrison, an American archaeologist who was working on a project for The Royal Ontario Museum, and who also made the first maps of Chacchoben. Harrison stumbled upon this site while flying a helicopter over Mexico and noticed numerous hills in predominantly ...
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San Gervasio (Maya site), an archaeological site of the Maya civilization, located on the island of Cozumel, Mexico Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title San Gervasio .
The peoples and cultures which comprised the Maya civilization spanned more than 2,500 years of Mesoamerican history, in the Maya Region of southern Mesoamerica, which incorporates the present-day nations of Guatemala and Belize, much of Honduras and El Salvador, and the southeastern states of Mexico from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec eastwards, including the entire Yucatán Peninsula.
Quintana Roo is the home of the city of Cancún, the islands of Cozumel and Isla Mujeres, and the towns of Bacalar, Playa del Carmen and Akumal, as well as the ancient Maya ruins of Chacchoben, Cobá, Kohunlich, Muyil, Tulum, Xel-Há, San Gervasio and Xcaret. The Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve is also located in the state. The statewide ...
San Andrés (Mesoamerican site) San Claudio (Maya site) Sacnicte; San Gervasio (Maya site) San José Mogote; San Lorenzo (Campeche) San Lorenzo (Chiapas) San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán; San Miguel Ixtapan (archaeological site) San Pablo Huitzo; Santa Cecilia Acatitlan; Santa Elena (Maya site) Santa Rosa Xtampak; Santoton; Sayil; Sihó; Silvituc ...