The Ruins

 

The Temple of the Frescoes had many paintings and carvings.

 

Typical Mayan architecture includes: small structures, squares, stucco, murals, carvings, steps, and columns. All the building corners matched the corners of the earth. The families used to bury their dead in their own homes in hopes of continuing on their family line.

 

There were a couple cenotes (holes filled with spring water) on the site. One building was an observatory, and the sun would shine through it on the equinox.

 

Tulum was an important coastal port that linked land and sea trade. Mayans traded goods across central Mexico, all the way to Honduras. They used long canoes to carry goods like: cotton, honey, salt, obsidion tools, and jade.