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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: January 20, 2017
Caption: A 'chaltun' in the plaza of The Great Temple
Additional Description: In the plaza to the north of The Great Temple are many holes such as these, which are openings into the 'chaltunes', or water reservoirs, that stored rainwater at Uxmal and other mayan sites of the Yucatán.
Submitted: April 19, 2017, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380810
File Size: 3.901 Megabytes

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