chultun

A chultún is a bottle-shaped underground storage chamber built by the pre-Columbian Maya in southern Mesoamerica. Their entrances were surrounded by plastered aprons which guided rainwater into them during the rainy seasons. Most of these archaeological features likely functioned as cisterns for potable water.

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Frameless

Uxmal Maya site, Yucatan, June 2024

XunantunichChultun75

The cover and access channels of a chultun or human-created water collection reservoir of the Maya.

Chunchucmil-chultun

Chultun, ancient Maya underground storage chamber (3266729554)

ChultunYucatanSchema

La Blanca, Petén 16

A cross sectional diagram of a Mayan chultun (underground water collection reservoir)

Holtún 33

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Uxmal Maya site, Yucatan, June 2024		Commons
commons	image		XunantunichChultun75		Commons
commons	image		The cover and access channels of a chultun or human-created water collection reservoir of the Maya.		Commons
commons	image		Chunchucmil-chultun		Commons
commons	image		Chultun, ancient Maya underground storage chamber (3266729554)		Commons
commons	image		ChultunYucatanSchema		Commons
commons	image		La Blanca, Petén 16		Commons
commons	image		A cross sectional diagram of a Mayan chultun (underground water collection reservoir)		Commons
commons	image		Holtún 33		Commons