Burnt ornaments (greenstone beads, marine shell beads, marine shell discs and other marine shell ornaments) from the burial. The quantity and quality of the ornaments indicate the burial was that of royal individuals.
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At the #Maya site of Ucanal, Guatemala the ritual burning of royal remains appears to have been an intentional, public act of desecration, signifying a revolutionary political regime change.
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