
Grupo Jaguar
Estructura
The structures of the Jaguar Group are located next to a beautiful cenote that belongs to an extensive system of subway streams underlying the Xelhá area. This waterhole surely played an important role in the development of the activities and ceremonies carried out in this complex.
This group is complemented with the Building of the Alfardas in which remains of the typical serpentine alfardas that characterized some ceremonial buildings of the time can be appreciated.
Sacbé: This 540 m long road communicates with the Jaguar Group.
Structure of the Alfardas: It sits on a quadrangular platform. The building is 3 m long by 2.50 m wide and 2.80 m high. It is surrounded by a plinth and on the north side of the platform there is a stairway with four steps, flanked by alfardas, that allow ascending to the structure. It is important to point out that the alfardas have the representation of a serpent's head at their base. The serpentine element, whether ornamenting columns or alfardas, has been detected in structures in other archaeological zones of Quintana Roo. This architectural feature shows the influence exerted by groups from the Mexican Altiplano in the peninsula during the Late Postclassic (1200-1550).
