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

loader had managed to scrape only a few centimeters from the northeast portion and
refused to continue due to fears the indurated lining would damage his machine.
Due to the heavy undergrowth and thicket of trees along a portion of the west
segment of Structure 77’s north wall near the poza (77a), neither total station nor GPS
data could be collected without disturbing the area. This unmapped area was the only one
encountered during the survey. Due to the lack of spatial data, the pozo appears to be
connected to Depression A (Figure 4.17). In actuality, there is a ten meter wide mound
separating the two and the poza is completely contained within Structure 77, as the photo
in Figure 4.18 illustrates.
A second natural water feature lies adjacent to the west end of the Throne
Complex’s basal platform. The westward extension of the Throne Group medial axis line,
illustrated in Figure 4.16, passes neatly over the center of this natural seep spring (Figure
4.19). The exuberant growth of the vegetation attests to the abundance and persistence of
surface and near-surface water.
Figure 4.18. View looking north across the poza. Trees and undergrowth in the upper left
conceal portions of the north side of Structure 77 prevented data collection in that area.
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