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News Release 15-140
Buried in ash, ancient Salvadoran village shows images of daily life
Village of Ceren so well preserved that footprints and finger marks remain
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Structures at Ceren were buried in up to 17 feet of ash over a period of several days, freezing the 1,400-year-old village in time.
Credit: University of Colorado
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Professor Payson Sheets points to the imprint of several toes from a footprint left on the Ceren sacbe. Footprints pointed away from the village and may have been made by Mayans fleeing the volcanic eruption.
Credit: Rachel Egan, University of Colorado
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A view of the Ceren sacbe buried under about 16 feet of ash. The trench on the left side was a drainage canal to catch excess rainwater.
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