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The outer wall of Tulum was probably built in the Early Postclassic to demarcate the communal space of local and foreign elites. Besides its defensive function, one of the possible purposes of the outer wall was to contain fertile soil for plots and their family or community gardens, growing domesticated, edible, or medicinal plants. Within the wall, a sacbé (main street) aligned singular buildings with various functions. This suggests the incorporation of rituals and specific tasks of the population in more reserved sites within the inner wall. The population of this city was a society that coexisted in harmony with its environment, caressed daily by the first rays of the sun over their houses and crops. The wall had 5 accesses.

Preclassic Maya: 2500 BC-330 AD; Classic Maya: 330-925; Post-classic Maya: 925-1540.