Posted on 10/08/2010 6:23:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
I believe the Aztecs discovered it already built. They did not construct it — it predates their civilization.
You don’t need enigmas down in Mexico, just sample the water or cuisine and it will clear you out something fierce.
If I doubt that, I’ll double-check it with Jimmy Carter. ;’)
It didn’t look uncivilized. There was a real city, with important buildings, gardens, markets, etc. I read “Conquistador” by Bud Levy, and it was really informative to me about the ways in which the Aztecs had a sophisticated, comfortable life going on when Cortez arrived. Amazing story, too, about how the conquest happened.
Yup, and the structures were so old that they had no explanation for them, so they attributed them to the gods.
A colleague archaeologist worked there in the 60s and found some of the burial sites. I remember him telling us that there were very few young kids found...most of the skeletons were of adults and that there was a very high percentage of fetuses found in altars. The speculation was that they were ritually aborted.
Having visited there as well—it is an eerie and sinister place.
There’s another article I haven’t yet posted, regarding a Maya burial; those damaged by a collapsing roof slab, a couple dozen figurines were found standing in a circle, simulating the long-forgotten funeral ceremony.
Zero’s idea is to pay people for sitting on their asses, or more accurately, paying them even more than before for sitting on their asses.
Lots of information here - my friend’s work is referred to several times.
Possible but also likely that they were miscarriages. At that time it was not unusual for a woman to have as many or more miscarriages then live births.
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