San Gervasio is a pre-Columbian Maya civilization archaeological site with an unusually long history spanning from 100 B.C. thru the 16th century.
San Gervasio's pre-Hispanic name was Tantun Cuzamil, Mayan for "Flat Rock in the place of the Swallows." The ruins were once a hub of worship of the goddess Ix Chel (“She of the Rainbows”), a deity of childbirth, fertility, medicine, and weaving.
Pre-Columbian Maya women would try to travel to San Gervasio and make offerings at least once in their lives. Pilgrims arrived at Cozumel for the fulfillment of their vows to offer their sacrifices, to ask help for their needs, and for the mistaken adoration of their false gods.
Cozumel was held in the same veneration as we have for pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Rome, and so they used to go to visit and offer presents there, and if they did not go themselves, they always sent their offerings.
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