chultuns in A Sentence

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The Chultuns were very important resources to the Maya and may well have had a religious significance.

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Bottle-shaped Chultuns were almost certainly used for water storage: in this part of the Yucatan, natural water sources called cenotes are absent.

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These Chultuns are usually located near residences, and their internal walls often have a thick layer of plaster to make them waterproof.

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Water was a scarce resource among the Maya in several regions, and Chultuns were only part of their sophisticated water control systems.

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Archaeologists and historians report that Chultuns were used for storage purposes, for rainwater or other things, and after abandonment for trash and sometimes even burials.

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It is possible that Chultuns were used to store other types of food, ones that have a higher resistance to humidity, or only for a very short period of time.

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Dahlin and Litzinger proposed that Chultuns could have been used for the preparation of fermented drinks such as maize-based chicha beer since the chultun's internal microclimate seems particularly favorable for this kind of process.

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