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    Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave located near San Ignacio in Belize that serves as both an archaeological site and tourist destination. Surveys have mapped over 8 km of passages within the cave. Archaeological evidence shows the cave was used by the Maya between 200-900 CE, with remains of at least 28 humans and pottery shards found in the first kilometer of passages.

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    Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave located near San Ignacio in Belize that serves as both an archaeological site and tourist destination. Surveys have mapped over 8 km of passages within the cave. Archaeological evidence shows the cave was used by the Maya between 200-900 CE, with remains of at least 28 humans and pottery shards found in the first kilometer of passages.

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    Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave located near San Ignacio in Belize that serves as both an archaeological site and tourist destination. Surveys have mapped over 8 km of passages within the cave. Archaeological evidence shows the cave was used by the Maya between 200-900 CE, with remains of at least 28 humans and pottery shards found in the first kilometer of passages.

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    Coordinates: 17°6′46″N 88°55′41″W

    Barton Creek Cave


    Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave in Belize, known as both an archaeological
    Barton Creek Cave
    site and as a tourist destination. It is located in the Barton Creek area near San
    Ignacio in the Cayo District.

    Contents
    Description
    Archaeology
    References
    External links Barton Creek Cave

    Description
    Barton Creek Cave is a primarily single-passage resurging stream cave. By 2002 a
    cave survey had been completed by the Western Belize Regional Cave Project,
    recording a total of 6,400 m (21,000 ft) of passages; dye traces at sinking streams
    above the cave indicated that there could be a further 6 km (3.7 mi) of cave
    passages beyond the terminal sumps. By 2005 the Xibalba Mapping and
    Exploration Team had extended the survey to 8 km (5.0 mi).

    Archaeology
    Extensive looting of artifacts occurred soon after the cave was first reported, but it
    remains an important site for archaeologists. Evidence of cave use by the Maya
    exists on ten ledges within the first kilometer of cave passage. Pottery shards
    indicate use between the Early Classic (200 to 600 CE) to the Late Classic (600 to location in Belize
    900 CE) periods. The remains of at least 28 humans have been found within the
    Location Barton Creek, near San
    cave.
    Ignacio, Cayo District
    Region Belize
    References Coordinates 17°6′46″N 88°55′41″W
    Larson, David and Eleanor. Multiyear Project to Map Caves for
    the Belize Department of Archaeology, 2002 NSS Convention
    Larson et al. "Report on Multiyear Project to Map and
    Photograph Caves for the Belize Institute of Archaeology", 14th
    International Congress of Speleology

    External links
    http://www.caves.org/pub/journal/PDF/V64/v64n3-Abstracts.pdf
    http://www.nichbelize.org/ia-archaeological-sites-
    parks/archaeology-of-barton-creek.html
    Cave interior

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