If they had all this pottery as described why would a chunk of salt be wrapped in leaves? In a damp climate. Is there a glyph shown that denotes salt?
Because it looks like a pimp staring at his empty coke spoon wondering what his ho did with the money. She seems to be offering some cabbage. I known I’ve seen that woman before...on Oprah...Jerry Springer, or Geraldo maybe
#16. It might be baked salt cakes, depending on the consistency of the ocean salt.
I never found any salt around the Tikal, Peten Mayan site. Only lime, which could be used in cooking if it was of good quality.
Salt would be a good trading product for inland tribes but I doubt the really inner Yucatan tribes had access to it on a regular basis, Jungle trails are hard enough to walk on with just sandals or even boots. Carrying a lot of salt back scores or even hundreds of miles to the interior just doesn’t make any physical sense.