Posted on 07/22/2010 5:50:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
...As part of this work, during the first field season was... the excavation of 2 pyramids and a part of a ballgame court, as well as several human burials that reveal changes in funerary patterns of ancient dwellers... Archaeologist Peter Jimenez, co director of El Teul Archaeological Project[:] "Finding the rests of the oven to melt copper is very important because it is the earliest found in Mexico and was used during Early Post Classic period, between 900 and 1200 of the Common Age", added the researcher at his lecture "Advances of the archaeological rescue at El Teul".
He described the structure of the oven made out of stone and masonry that presents rests of ashes and carbonized maize, used as combustible. This material will allow getting a more precise dating... in its last occupation stage, El Teul was the religious center of Caxcan people, group that settled between 15th and 16th centuries. "It is considered one of the earliest sites in Mesoamerica, being occupied for almost 18 centuries, from 200 BC to 1540 AD".
...Regarding the human burials discovered, the archaeologist declared that 7 shift tombs were found, characteristics of the Western Mexico cultures, which correspond to the Late Formative period (200 BC-200AD)... The specialist mentioned that other human burials found in the place called Patio Hundido correspond to the "tumbas de caja" (box tombs) tradition: Individuals were placed in a flexed position inside masonry boxes, with offerings.
"These tombs date from 200-500 of the Common Era, and give account of changes in funerary patterns; passing from shaft tombs to box burials refers to the moment when cultures from Western Mexico begin to integrate with those from Bajio and Mexico Valley".
(Excerpt) Read more at artdaily.org ...
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Prehispanic? Don’t they mean Pre-Spaniard?
Words have meanings and history.
/johnny
Sorry, but hispanic was a word coined by liberals in order to racify all people of Spanish origin. Instead of calling illegals Mexican, which most of them are, they started using hispanic to take the heat off of Mexico. I know, I was alive when they started doing it. It is just one more example of PC rum amok.
And I'm no spring chicken. I was around when JFK was.
/johnny
I am 68, and yes Hispania was Roman but the use of hispanic in the USA didn’t start until the PC 60s rolled around
It was co-opted by the hippies around '72.
/johnny
Exactly what I said, minus the part about 1889. It wasn’t used in the American media, in modern times, until the 60s or 70s. If you say ‘72, I will take your word for it. I fail to see what you were arguing about, as anyone with a brain would have realized I was talking about 20th century usage.
/johnny
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