Ross Carter of British Columbia, Canada tumbles toward my camera as Peter Centercelli (Jersey Guy) prepares his slr camera for a shot.

The ancient steps at Lubaantún, Belize. Lubaantun is a late Classic ceremonial center dated to 730-890 AD. Over time, the ground on which Lubantuun was built began to subsist and the mortarless blocks began to tumble. Thereafter, the site was given the name-Lubaantún- meaning "place of the fallen rocks" in the modern Maya language.

Our project leader, Norman Hammond and other graduates of Cambridge University investigated the site from 1970-2. They confirmed the Earlier [1926-7] British Museum project conclusion of a uniquely late period of construction and short lived period of occupation.

Lubaantún is the largest Maya site in Southern Belize. It is well known for the unusual style of construction. All structures are made of limestone blocks with no visible mortar binding them together. The strength of each structure lies in every hand-cut stone, which was carefully measured and shaped to fit snugly next to each neighboring block [not unlike the masterful Inca stonecutters of Peru].