It is near water and the cenote.

It contains the remains of children who, in the context of the broader ritual practices of Chichén Itzá, may have been understood as offerings or participants in ceremonies that had cosmological dimensions.

The specific meaning of those ceremonies, and the exact nature of the children’s role in them, is not directly recoverable from the genetic or archaeological evidence.

The Popol Vuh and the Hero Twins

The Popol Vuh is one of the most important surviving literary texts from the pre-Columbian Americas.