Ko Thompson te tino rongonui mo te tāhae i te Cenote Sagrado (Sacred Cenote) mai i te 1904 ki te 1910, i reira ia i whakaora ai i ngā mahi whakairo koura, kopa me te jade whakairo, tae atu ki ngā tauira tuatahi o ngā mea i whakaponohia hei kākahu rākau o Kopipia Maya me ngā patu rākau.