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The Taino Would Know 2012

2012on1221 wrote 3 days ago: summer solstice 2009 Summer solstice, June 21, was on a Sunday this year. Grace Boulay’s blog began … more →

Tags: 2012, spirituality, time, mayan calendars, precession, 2012 astronomy mayan calendar mayan calendars pagan cel, america, Caribbean, Summer Solstice

Dante and the multilayered model of the Mesoamerican cosmos2 comments

Johan Normark wrote 2 weeks ago: Readers of this blog may by now know that I am skeptical to the Mayanist, often uncritical, use of e … more →

Tags: archaeological theory, Mayanist studies, New age and creationism, Analogies, archaeology, Calleman, Cosmology, Dante, Hybridism

Mesoamericanist quote of the day: on knowledge before language2 comments

Johan Normark wrote 2 weeks ago: “We can to some degree participate in some of the non-verbal knowledge of this kind that was held by … more →

Tags: archaeological theory, Aijmer, archaeology, Cowgill, deMarrais, gosden, Iconic order, maya, ontology

Huitzilopochtli

Brian wrote 2 months ago: I saw that Huitzilopochtli was mentioned earlier this week and I had to get some Aztec pictures on h … more →

Tags: History, People, Art, Anthropology, cool people, México, Human Sacrifice, sacrifício humano, swine flu

Woden's Day Wisdom: Hero Twins, Original Ballers

Kevin Garcia wrote 2 months ago: Long before we began to worship athletes on TV, long before the invention of basketball – heck, befo … more →

Tags: Woden's Day Wisdom, Hero Twins, maya, Popol Vuh, wanna be a baller, athlete, Role Models, ballgam, OLLAMA

Ethnographic analogies in archaeology

Johan Normark wrote 3 months ago: A common method in Mayanist studies is that of analogical reasoning in order to explain past human b … more →

Tags: Mayanist studies, archaeological theory, Climate and related issues, Anthropology, archaeology, maya, Caves, Climate, Evolution

Comparing ritual worlds: Sacrifice and reciprocity in Melanesia and Mesoamerica

salul wrote 4 months ago: Here it is folks. For all of those who have been waiting to finally see some substance behind the gr … more →

Tags: Fieldwork (Melanesia), General Anthro

Wii Carnitas

tacodiaries wrote 4 months ago: Two many patterns & palettes! Spending time with peers over good food and playing games never ge … more →

Tags: Food, Tacos, Review, critic, Mexican, Cuisine, Diary, Journal, Los Angeles

Ancient North Americans drank chocolate

eideard wrote 5 months ago: Chocolate residues left on ancient jars mark cacao’s earliest known presence north of what is … more →

Tags: Culture, History, New Mexico, Chocolate, Drink, Chaco Canyon

The reception of Amerindian perspectivism in Mexico2 comments

salul wrote 6 months ago: Having covered some basic background information regarding the Mesoamerican regional tradition of sc … more →

Tags: General Anthro

The state of Mesoamerican studies (a personal view)2 comments

salul wrote 6 months ago:   Tamoanchan...a hard core divine being Reflecting on the four lectures by EVC mentioned in the prev … more →

Tags: General Anthro

Perspectivism meets Mesoamerica2 comments

salul wrote 6 months ago: In the past month we had the uncommon and very stimulating opportunity to attend a series of lecture … more →

Tags: General Anthro

Top LDS Authors and Top LDS Books

mormonstuff222 wrote 9 months ago: . Two great selections of LDS Books.  One of the greatest things that exists in the eternal scheme o … more →

Tags: LDS Books, Mormon gifts, Our Savior Jesus Christ, LDS Books, lds-christmas-gift, mormon-books, Book of Mormon, lds-gift, Mormon-presents

Soustelle's Daily Life Of The Aztecs7 comments

cehualli wrote 9 months ago: I was doing some digging online today, and had quite a stroke of good luck — I found a complet … more →

Tags: Updates, History, Interesting Links, México, aztec, War, Tenochtitlan, Religion, Huey Teocalli

The Early Years: "The Alien from the Planet Zorno"7 comments

jamesviscosi wrote 9 months ago: Thanks to my parents’ ongoing efforts to clean junk out of their basement, I have been getting … more →

Tags: Short Stories, Science Fiction, aliens, Children, Typewriters, typecasts, transmogrification, Dungeons and Dragons, deities & demigods

Maquahuitl3 comments

cehualli wrote 9 months ago: A quick update today — I came across a link to an interesting little website devoted to the st … more →

Tags: archaeology, Interesting Links, México, aztec, obsidian, War, mexico city, nahua, Mexican

Sweet stuff...

sugarbombpandafish wrote 10 months ago: http://www.famsi.org/ So, our beginning-of-class assignment today is brought to you (whoever “ … more →

Tags: Approaches to Literature, Códices, Pictographs, aztec, Mayan, famsi, Poetry

The Code of Kings1 comment

delightedscribbler wrote 10 months ago: by Linda Schele and Peter Matthews Full Title: The Code of Kings, The Language of Seven Sacred Maya … more →

Tags: book / libro, English, nonfiction, archaeology, Culture, epigraphy, History, Latin America, maya

Cacao Bean Counterfeiters in Mesoamerica3 comments

Madame Monet wrote 10 months ago: Raw Cacao Beans Cacao beans were used as currency in the time of the Maya. At the Guatemalan site o … more →

Tags: Art, Aztecs, Belize, beverages, Caribbean, Chocolate, Coffee, cooking, Costa Rica


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