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To: SunkenCiv

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 posted on 03/23/2021 5:21:05 PM PDT by Covenantor (We are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, andsby fools who can not govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

#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.


28 posted on 03/24/2021 1:20:19 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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