...The first concrete traces of the Mayan civilization date back to the Preclassic period around 1,800 BC in the Mirador Basin of Petén, northern Guatemala, though some settlements are thought to be over 6,000 years old...
Posted on 05/17/2009 12:19:23 PM PDT by decimon
Archaeologists who have uncovered two massive carved stucco panels in the Mirador Basin of Guatemala’s northern rain forest say they are the earliest known representation of the Mayan creation myth, predating other such artifacts by a millennium. According to the researchers, the panels—26 feet long and 20 feet high, with images of monsters, gods, and swimming heroes—date to 300 B.C. They formed the sides of a channel that carried rainwater into a complex system of stepped pools, where it was stored for drinking and agriculture.
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Head of the family ping.
Maybe that explains why I like Maya-onnaise so much....
It’s OK in guacamole
Mexican mayonnaise has lime juice in it.
Guacamole has Avacado...
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Well I’ll be damned....lime juice in Mayonnaise.....go figure.....
You Mayan be, you Mayan not be.
It acts as a preservative, with poor refrigeration it’s the lime’s acidity that inhibits most food poisoning bacteria.
I thought we were living in the Fourth World according to the Hopi - Changi. And the strange stuff you speak about was a staple and was originally named Mesa-ommaize!
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...The first concrete traces of the Mayan civilization date back to the Preclassic period around 1,800 BC in the Mirador Basin of Petén, northern Guatemala, though some settlements are thought to be over 6,000 years old...
Those pics remind me of this older thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866580/posts
How quickly nature reclaims.
Hansen speaks about the El Mirador Basin in this video, the helicopter fly-over scenes show how the jungle has reclaimed what were once cities.
And now another people have come along, millenia later, they are clearing the jungle for grazing and agriculture; beginning another cycle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PRoCrH_DFE&feature=related
It's really amazing how many different ancient civilizations have been discovered. Makes one appreciate their own mortality.
Image: R.D. Hansen/Fares Foundation/Idaho State University
I don't. I've eaten it that way, though.
To waste the avocado would be a greater sacrilege...
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