[blam]

GGG Ping.

Illustrations from a 14th-century-A.D. Mixtec codex (top) show the Indian culture practicing cremation, a funerary ritual that was reserved for kings and emperors.

A newfound burial site shows that cremation was practiced in 1100 B.C.—much earlier than previously believed.

[weegee]

Sounds like a class based society. Why are the Atzlan Now folks so proud of that? I thought socialists wanted a classless society.

[Nathan Zachary]

"Co-author Heather Lapham, a zooarchaeologist at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, said the team also found bones of dogs, deer, and fish—indications that the residents ate well and thus probably were of a higher social status."

Could be that they burned and buried their faithful hunting dog pal, just like they burned and buried their wife and kids. Could be they burned and buried everything in a pit near their hut. Doesn't mean they ate their dog. Maybe they ate their wives and kids too. Cremation was a way to keep disease away, especially if digging deep graves was difficult. It doesn't mean it was some ritual in which they thought souls went up to heaven in the smoke, or it was any kind of ritual at all, just a simple effective method to keep the smell of decaying flesh down so they didn't have to move away so often.

[Mr. Silverback]

It may be pre-industrial, but it’s still industrial, knowhuttimean?

[SunkenCiv]

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[buck jarret]

Domesticated pre-Columbian meat meant dog or turkey. They also hunted deer and duck.