Vol. 1 No. 3 (2022): Ocher in the dark. Early mining in the Yucatan Peninsula

A large outcrop with evidence of early mining activity is located within the Sagittarius cave system, near Akumal, Quintana Roo. The studies revealed that they were highly mobile hunter-gatherers, whose material culture was little known until the discovery of La Mina. The archaeologist Silvina Vigliani tells us about its enormous value for the understanding of the first American settlers and in particular of the region, underlining its importance to study the social and symbolic dimensions of these groups.