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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.
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.
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
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 series of events at the end of the Classic Period in the Maya realm is often termed the Classic Maya collapse due to the end of multiple large and influential polities (as well as smaller ones due to ripple effects) during this period. Many sites continued to flourish after the end of this period; this category is for cities and other ...
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Tulum or Zama was an important port city on the east coast Tantun, now San Gervasio is the largest still existing maya ruin on Cozumel. Ekab was surrounded in the west by Chikinchel, Tazes, Cupul and Cochuah, and in the south Uaymil. There were several port towns along the coast, most notably Tulum, Xcaret, and Xel-Ha.
Sak tzʼi (Maya site) San Andrés, El Salvador; San Bartolo (Maya site) San Clemente, El Petén; San Estevan (Maya site) San Gervasio (Maya site) San Mateo Ixtatán; Santa Rita, Corozal; Sayil; Seibal