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All cenotes sacred to the Maya

In a BBC documentary, Secrets of the Maya Underworld (time: 6'28'') it is said with a general reference that cenotes were sacred to the Maya. I hesitate to append the article with only that reference though. __meco (talk) 08:19, 22 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are scholarly sources too. In “Sacrificio, Tratamiento y Ofrenda del Cuerpo Humano entre los Mayas Peninsulares” pages 195-226 of El Sacrificio Humano en la Tradición Religiosa Mesoamericana, published by both the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Vera Tiesler and Andrea Cucina say:

La cobertura arqueológica de la península confirma que muchos cenotes servían como receptáculos de muertos en la medida en que ha sido documentada en gran cantidad de contextos subacuáticos... La evidencia de mutilación... hace pensar en que los cuerpos de agua estaban vinculados fuertemente a la realización de las prácticas sacrifícales.

My translation:

The archaeological coverage of the peninsula confirms that many cenotes served as sinkholes of the dead insofar as it has been documented in many underwater contexts... The evidence of mutilation... suggests that the water bodies were strongly related to the performance of the sacrificial practices.

The authors had mentioned extensive taphonomic studies before reaching those conclusions.

Cesar Tort 19:05, 8 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Chen Ku" could probably be translated "Sacred Well (Cenote)" as accurately as "God's Well" and this is presumably the source of the usual name for this feature.156.98.252.252 (talk) 18:37, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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A number of references are listed by author last name and date in the notes without title or any other information either in the notes or eference section.156.98.252.252 (talk) 18:31, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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+"Chen Ku" could probably be translated "Sacred Well (Cenote)" as accurately as "God's Well" and this is presumably the source of the usual name for this feature.[[Special:Contributions/156.98.252.252|156.98.252.252]] ([[User talk:156.98.252.252|talk]]) 18:37, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
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