Presentation: “Otzmal” at Miami Science Museum

* click on image to see more details

“Otzmal” 

with Dr. Clifford T. Brown, Florida Atlantic University

Over the past few years, Clifford Brown has been a part of the Central Yucatan Project, and has mapped and surveyed numerous Maya sites in the region. One site he helped to investigate stood out among others. It had pyramids, a palace, residential buildings and a cenote of sacrifice.  What made it different? What is so special about Otzmal?


Otzmal is significant because it is a small, yet complete site, described as a single-component Mayapan-style site, which are extremely rare. It dates from a key, but poorly known, period between the fall of Mayapan and the beginning of the Colonial period. It may represent an “unusual type” of site; was it political? or was it religious?

Over the past few years, Clifford Brown has been a part of the Central Yucatan Project, and has mapped and surveyed numerous Maya sites in the region. One site he helped to investigate stood out among others. It had pyramids, a palace, residential buildings and a cenote of sacrifice.  What made it different? What is so special about Otzmal?


Otzmal is significant because it is a small, yet complete site, described as a single-component Mayapan-style site, which are extremely rare. It dates from a key, but poorly known, period between the fall of Mayapan and the beginning of the Colonial period. It may represent an “unusual type” of site; was it political? or was it religious?

Feb 20 2013

8-9:30 PM

Miami Science Museum

The Institute of Maya Studies meets at the Miami Science Museum,

 3280 South Miami Avenue, across from Vizcaya