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Tulúm: site plan
Tulúm: site plan (Athena Review Image Archive).
Tulúm overlooks the Caribbean from steep cliffs on its east side. Virtually all visible structures at Tulum date from the Late Postclassic (AD 1250-1540), when the site was an important trading and ceremonial center.
Within a walled enclosure of 385 by 165 meters, Tulúm is laid out along a planned street axis. The main plaza or recinto interior, within a low masonry wall near the edge of the cliff, centers around the Castillo. The outer masonry wall, 2-5 meters high and 6 meters thick, has guardhouses beside the northeast gateway and watchtowers on its northwest and southwest corners. Roads lead out from each of the five gates.
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