Posted on 10/01/2010 7:38:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Researchers of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) study a Prehispanic monticule known as Structure 12, at San Claudio Archaeological Zone in Tabasco, which may have had been used as an astronomical observatory to register the Sun movements at solstices when this city was dwelled by Maya people, between the first centuries of the Common Era to year 900. According to archaeologist Jose Luis Romero Rivera, director of the INAH project at the site located in Tenosique municipality, Structure 12 is a 2.5 meters high base, with other 2 bases slightly tallest at the north and south extremes... [Its] orientation coincides with solstices. On the dawn of the next winter solstice, observation will be conducted to determine if Structure 12 walls are aligned with the rise of the Sun. Most Prehispanic cultures celebrated commemorative rites in such dates... Located near Mexican border with Guatemala, San Claudio was occupied from 200 BC to 900 AD in the Late Classic period, and must have been part of the influence area of Piedras Negras Maya city, to present located in Guatemala... "A constant in the funerary tradition is that burials were deposited under the houses' floor, coinciding with historical references from early Spanish chroniclers. A platform occupied for dwelling for over 200 years may present many entombments, as Structure 4, where nearly 20 have been found", concluded the INAH archaeologist.
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According to archaeologist Jose Luis Romero Rivera, director of the INAH project at the site located in Tenosique municipality, Structure 12 is a 2.5 meters high base, with other 2 bases slightly tallest at the north and south extremes. Photo: Jose Luis Romero.
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prehispanic is an interesting term
ping
A paleo-American?
Native American?
I guess.
The oldest human remains found in the Americas were recently "discovered" in the storeroom of Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology. Found in central Mexico in 1959, the five skulls were radiocarbon dated by a team of researchers from the United Kingdom and Mexico and found to be 13,000 years old. They pre-date the Clovis culture by a couple thousand years, adding to the growing evidence against the Clovis-first model for the first peopling of the Americas.
Of additional significance is the shape of the skulls, which are described as long and narrow, very unlike those of modern Native Americans.
:’)
Don’t let La Raza know about this. They depend on historical ignorance and white guilt.
You’ll undermine their two legged stool (the 3rd leg is propped up by government).
Spoilsport. :-))
Funny thing, no one has ever discovered any prehispanic observatories in Michoacan...
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