For people who lived in the area, El Paredón, a wall covered with creepers and roots, was clear evidence of an ancient city that had been “eaten” by the jungle.The researchers could give the site no other name than what the locals called the area; Noh Kah, “Big City”. For two years, specialists from the National School of Anthropology and History ENAH along with archaeologists from the INAH carried out detailed field collection of ceramic material and the topographic survey of the ancient metropolis.

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