(ORDO NEWS) — Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History have discovered a complex of burial mounds in Mexico built by the Huastec Indians.
Excavations in the state of Tamaulipas were carried out in preparation for the construction of a highway. Here, the researchers found a dozen mounds, which, apparently, belonged to the culture of the Huastec Indians.
An analysis of the pottery found during the excavations showed that the burials were created between 600 and 900 AD.
One of the round mounds is 20 meters in diameter and was built from limestone and basalt, which is believed to have been transported here from another region.
Three adults are buried in the barrow, their bodies adorned with flower-shaped shells, obsidian blades, and green quartz earrings.
The Huastec civilization is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that occupied an area along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, which included the northern part of the state of Veracruz and the neighboring regions of the states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosà and Tamaulipas.
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