The overwhelming desire of ancient Mexicans to possess exotic merchandise is attested to by Mayan ruins on Isla Cerritos, an island only 650 feet in diameter, off the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, due north of the famous Mayan ruin of Chichen Itza. Isla Cerritos was Chichen Itza's main seaport during that city's apogee of power from 900 C.E. extensive docks, and found traces of an abundance of trade goods such as turquoise, obsidian, and ceramics. These goods came from places as far away as central Mexico and Central America.
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