ALTUN HA, OR  “STONE WATER”	NAMED FOR ANCIENT RESERVOIR
CORBEL VAULT	CENTER FOR 8,000 PEOPLE
	ALTUN HA IS BELIEVED TO BE A TRADING CENTER FOR COASTAL AND INLAND GROUPS OF MAYAS.  THE LARGEST MAYAN JADE CARVING WAS FOUND HERE. IT IS OF THE SUN GOD. IT WEIGHS 10 # AND IS 6” IN DIA.  THIS IS THE FIRST OF 5 MAYAN SITES WE VISITED.  HERE THERE ARE 275 STRUCTURES AND MOUNDS.  SEVEN TOMBS HAVE BEEN EXCAVATED.
JUNGLE OVERGROWS THE SITE.  I AM STANDING IN FRONT OF A GIGANTIC PALM TREE