Having survived for 5,000 years, the oldest archeological site in the Americas is under threat from squatters claiming the coronavirus pandemic has left them with no other option but to occupy the sacred city.
— Read on www.sciencealert.com/oldest-city-in-the-americas-under-threat-from-squatters
Category: History
Codices, Glyphics, Anthropology, Archeology, Oral Tradition
Nawatl Scholar: An evaluation of the Nahuatl data in Brian Stubbs’ work on Afro-Asiatic/Uto-Aztecan
Nawatl Scholar: An evaluation of the Nahuatl data in Brian Stubbs’ work on Afro-Asiatic/Uto-Aztecan
— Read on nahuatlstudies.blogspot.com/2019/09/an-evaluation-of-nahuatl-data-in-brian.html
Discovery of the Mural Paintings of Bonampak
Although known to the local Lacandon Maya people, Bonampak’s mural paintings were first seen by non-Maya eyes in the early 20th century.
— Read on www.thoughtco.com/the-murals-of-bonampak-chiapas-mexico-171611
Maya Animals V: The Peccary’s Teeth, the Jaguar’s Bone
Stephen Houston (Brown University) and Sarah Newman (University of Chicago) The elephant arrived in July 802. Captured in Africa, or perhaps offered…
Maya Animals V: The Peccary’s Teeth, the Jaguar’s Bone
“This is Not Our First Pandemic” – Yes! Magazine
Native communities share heritage ways to live and care for each other during this latest pandemic.
— Read on www.yesmagazine.org/health-happiness/2020/12/18/covid-native-communities-heritage-care/
Museum offers face-to-face encounter with 4,000-year-old Indigenous family | CBC News
The Canadian Museum of History has unveiled a unique new exhibit that brings the faces of a 4,000 year old Indigenous family back to life.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/indigenous-family-facial-reconstruction-1.4108642
Panketzaliztli – Mexika New Year
The feast of Panketzaliztli celebrates the winter solstice and the birth of the new Sun as Witzilopochtli (Hummingbird on the Left), one of the principal Teteoh honored by the Mexika. The name Panketzaliztli translates as “Raising of the banners.” The festival of Panquetzaliztli is celebrated with dance, music, and a foot race. An effigy of Witzilopochtli is…
— Read on mexicanewyear.com/2018/12/07/panketzaliztli/
Mummified llamas yield new insights into Inca ritual sacrifices | Science News
Mummified llamas yield new insights into Inca ritual sacrifices | Science News
— Read on www.sciencenews.org/article/mummified-llamas-peru-inca-ritual-sacrifice
AZTEC CANNIBALISM: Nahua versus Spanish and mestizo accounts in the Valley of Mexico | Ancient Mesoamerica | Cambridge Core
AZTEC CANNIBALISM: Nahua versus Spanish and mestizo accounts in the Valley of Mexico – Volume 16 Issue 1
— Read on www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ancient-mesoamerica/article/abs/aztec-cannibalism-nahua-versus-spanish-and-mestizo-accounts-in-the-valley-of-mexico/CADE6D7C49765FD9C475A59AE549A3D4