Abstract
T HE ruined city of Tuloom is situated on the coast of Yucatan, Province of Quintana Roo, just south of the south end of Cozumel Island, and slightly north of Ascension Bay, and is marked on all charts of the coast. It was first mentioned by Juan de Grijalva in I5181 who says: We ran along day and night, and the next day towards sunset we saw a burg or village so large that Seville would not appear larger or better. The same day we arrived at a bay, near which was a tower, the highest we had seen. We discovered a bay where a fleet would be able to enter. Ascension is the only bay on the coast that would answer this description. In 1840 the city was visited by Stephens and Catherwood.2 A body of Mexican troops is said to have landed there in I9oo. Beyond this I do not know that it has ever been visited. I believe that Tuloom is the center of a distinct archeological province consisting of the coastal area south of Cape Catoche, extending probably to the Rio Hondo on the borders of British Honduras, including the islands along the coast and reaching some distance inland. The other cities known to be in this area are El Mecco, Tamul, Ina, north Tuloom, and Boca Pilar and Bacalar to the southward. In addition we have the less important ruins on the islands of Cozumel and Mugeres and vague reports of large ruins in the interior.
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