As construction continues with the Maya Train project, more archeological discoveries are being made during the process. Quintana Roo governor, Mara Lezama Espinosa, reported earlier this week that around 12,000 archeological remains were found along a section of the proposed train route. They were discovered in the area of front 1, section 7 of the Maya Train, and such a high number of artifacts indicate that there was a high population in this particular region of the route during pre-Hispanic times. Last year there were a number of delays in this section.So far 185 historic monuments have also been excavated, including walls, housing foundations, parts of temples, and more. This means that section 7 of the Maya Train now counts for 34.5% of the total historic monuments that have been discovered since train construction began.
Where Is Section 7 Of The Maya Train?
According to current planning, section 7 of the Maya Train project will run from Bacalar to Escarcega. It is planned that it will go through the Reserva de la Biosfera Calakmul. The Reserve covers an area of around 2,800 sq. mi. and is one of the largest protected areas in all of Mexico. You can find the popular Calakmul Mayan ruins here at the Reserve as well as over 70,000 species of flora and fauna, some of them completely unique to this region of the world.
This isn’t the first time that a huge archeological discovery has been made during the construction process of this train. Last September, a major archeological site was discovered near Cancun. For reference, more than 300 historic Mayan buildings were uncovered near the train construction area in section 5, which run between the major Riviera Maya tourist cities of Playa del Carmen and Tulum.
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