Tortuguero (Maya site)

For other uses, see Tortuguero (disambiguation).
Monument 6 from Tortuguero, today in Carlos Pellicer Museum, in Villahermosa. Tabasco.
Fragment of Monument 6 from Tortuguero, today in Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Tortuguero (or El Tortuguero) is an archaeological site in southernmost Tabasco, Mexico which supported a Maya city during the Classic period. The site is noteworthy for its use of the B'aakal emblem glyph also found as the primary title at Palenque.[1] The site has been heavily damaged by looting and modern development;[2] in the 1960s, a cement factory was built directly on top of the site.

  1. ^ Martin & Grube (2000), p.165
  2. ^ Zender & Guenter (2000), p.6