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Vestiges of Beekeeping Discovered on the Mayan Train
TrenMayaa.com ^ | May 23, 2024 | R. Tren Mayaa

Posted on 05/28/2024 12:09:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) and the Ministry of Culture have confirmed a great archaeological find in Quintana Roo.

During excavations in section six of the Mayan Train, which extends between Tulum and Chetumal, vestiges of ancient Mayan beekeeping have been found...

The team of archaeologists has recovered jobón caps, an indication of meliponiculture, the breeding of stingless bees, practiced by the Mayans in ancient times.

Initially, it was thought that the excavations were revealing an albarrada (wall), but the discovery of these covers changed the hypothesis, identifying the vestiges as parts of a meliponary.

The lids, made of limestone, have a round design and measure between 20 and 25 centimeters in diameter.

They are believed to date from the Postclassic period. Currently, only one of the caps is in good condition, while the other two show a high degree of erosion.

This find is significant because it provides a testimony of the daily life of people who did not belong to the Mayan elite.

Archaeologists suggest that they could be housing complexes in cities peripheral to important ceremonial sites, such as the archaeological zone of Chacchoben and the site of Los Limones.

(Excerpt) Read more at trenmayaa.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: bees; godsgravesglyphs; honey; maya; mayans; quintanaroo; stinglessbees
Photo: INAH
Photo: INAH

1 posted on 05/28/2024 12:09:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Hive never seen anything like it. Thanks for the link!

2 posted on 05/28/2024 12:11:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

So the Mayans had trains???

Perhaps the title should have said terrain instead?


3 posted on 05/28/2024 12:13:48 PM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Sweet!.........................


4 posted on 05/28/2024 12:15:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: taxcontrol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_Maya

The Tren Maya (sometimes also Mayan Train or Maya Train) is a 1,554-kilometre (966 mi) intercity railway in Mexico that traverses the Yucatán Peninsula.

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The project aims to connect tourist destinations in the Caribbean with lesser-known sites inland, including historic Mayan sites from which it derives its name.


5 posted on 05/28/2024 12:25:02 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: Red Badger

Honey trap.


6 posted on 05/28/2024 12:25:24 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (לעזאזל עם חמאס)
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To: SunkenCiv
Were they...

...Killer bees?

7 posted on 05/28/2024 12:26:56 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: SunkenCiv

‘stingless bees’

Too bad that didnt catch on.


8 posted on 05/28/2024 12:28:46 PM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: SunkenCiv

They had trains? I didn’t know they even had wheels...

Watch out for choo choo xylychuzilub, ole 97...it has bees...

Neat


9 posted on 05/28/2024 1:18:56 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: taxcontrol; Adder

There’s construction of a train line going on, right across a former Mayan area, and they keep finding stuff.


10 posted on 05/28/2024 1:31:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Very interesting, because they are not more specific and tell us in which part of the train the hive was.
I imagine that while the train makes its journey, the bees take advantage of thousands of flowers during the journey.


11 posted on 05/28/2024 1:56:20 PM PDT by californian by choice
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To: SunkenCiv

Those were Mayan religious bees used in human sacrifices.


12 posted on 05/28/2024 2:01:08 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: SunkenCiv

Honey makes the world go around, the world go around, the world go around...


13 posted on 05/28/2024 2:02:56 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: mewzilla
That's the buzz alright.

14 posted on 05/28/2024 2:28:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Must be the Bee-Line.


15 posted on 05/28/2024 3:48:16 PM PDT by HandyDandy (Borders, language and culture. Michael Savage)
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To: HandyDandy

That’s just a-pollen.


16 posted on 05/28/2024 4:17:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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