An Unexplored Realm in the Heartland of the Southern Gulf ... - Famsi

Figure 4.11. View to the east of low platform supporting Structures 84, 85, and 107
The North Group, identified in Figure 4.8, is a complex of five or six earthen
structures, some partially destroyed when portions were mined for construction and road
fill. The location of contemporary residences prevented complete mapping coverage, but
ceramics in the structures’ construction fill were portions of tecomates from the
Formative period. Two parallel long mounds, approximately 3 m to 4 m high and 3 m
apart, correspond to the plan of an early Mesoamerican ballcourt (Taladoire 2001).
Structure 109 was not depicted on the 2002 site map by Campos and Marín. The 4
to 5 m high structure is detached from other structures. The building is a rectangular,
truncated pyramidal platform with rounded corners and roughly a 15 x 15 m level summit
area. The most notable feature of the structure is a ramp on the east side that begins at the
top of the platform and gradually descends over a distance of close to 100 m. To the east-
southeast, at a distance of 200-250 m, is Structure 83. This is a solitary 1.5 m high mound
that is approximately 7 m in diameter. Within 10 to 20 m north and east of this mound are
three or four low, 0.2 m to 0.3 m high gradual rises that may have been building
foundations.
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