Sac Uayum and San José, the taboo cenotes of Mayapán
I met Professor Bradley Russell at the end of 2014; introduced to me by Bil Phillips, I was Bradley's instructor for his cave diving course. To complete his current study he had to learn the basics of cave diving since his research in the fortified city of Mayapán had led him to discover numerous human remains submerged in the waters of the taboo cenotes of Sac Uayum and San Josè . Mayapán was one of the most important political capitals of the Maya civilization in its Post Classic period, between 1150 and 1450 AD. and its study was carried out by an international group of archaeologists from Mexico and the United States. The curiosity regarding the two cenotes, Sac Uayum and San Josè, is that they are located outside the city walls; a strange fact if you consider that for the Maya the cenotes were sacred places: sources of life, the only points where it was possible to stock up on water throughout the year, as well as entrances to Xibalba, the underworld inhabited by the dead...
