Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History have discovered a burial mound complex in Mexico built by the Huastec Indians. This is reported by Heritage Daily.
Excavations in the state of Tamaulipas were carried out in preparation for the construction of a highway. Here the researchers found a dozen mounds that apparently belonged to the culture of the Huastec Indians. Analysis of the pottery found during the excavations showed that the burials were made between 600 and 900 AD.
One of the round mounds is 20 meters in diameter and is made of limestone and basalt, which is thought to have been brought here from another region. Three adults are buried in the mound, their bodies adorned with flower-shaped seashells, obsidian blades and green quartz earrings.
The Huasteca civilization is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that occupied an area on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that included the northern part of the state of Veracruz and the adjacent states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. .