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New insights into the life of the Maya
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancient artifacts are almost always concerned with rich and powerful religious and political leaders, but new excavations of an ancient Maya site have unearthed a pyramid decorated with murals ...
The Fall of the Maya: 'They Did it to Themselves'
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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For 1200 years, the Maya dominated Central America. At their peak around 900 A.D., Maya cities teemed with more than 2,000 people per square mile -- comparable to modern Los Angeles County. Even in rural areas ...
Study shows Maya intensively cultivated manioc 1,400 years ago
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Jun 16, 2009 |
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A University of Colorado at Boulder team has uncovered an ancient and previously unknown Maya agricultural system -- a large manioc field intensively cultivated as a staple crop that was buried and exquisitely ...
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Notebooks Become Head-Turning Works of Art
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Sep 19, 2007 |
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Sony today unveiled the VAIO Graphic Splash Maya Hayuk Edition notebooks featuring designs from New York-based, emerging artist, Maya Hayuk. These limited edition PCs are available in two head-turning designs—“Grow” ...
Ancient Maya Practiced Forest Conservation -- 3,000 Years Ago
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Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As published in the July issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, paleoethnobotanist David Lentz of the University of Cincinnati has concluded that not only did the Maya people practi ...
New study explores role of theater in Maya political organization
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Oct 02, 2006 |
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Magnificent stone sculptures of Classic Maya culture (AD 250-900) have long fascinated archaeologists and the general public alike. But what did the scenes depicted in these monuments mean in their society? ...
Centuries-old Maya Blue mystery finally solved
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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Anthropologists from Wheaton College (Illinois) and The Field Museum have discovered how the ancient Maya produced an unusual and widely studied blue pigment that was used in offerings, pottery, murals and other contexts ...
Researchers discover Maya mask splendor
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Jan 23, 2008 |
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Ancient Mayan temple builders discovered and used lustrous pigments to make their buildings dazzle in the daylight, a Queensland University of Technology researcher has discovered.
Research Team Finds Evidence Cacao Ritually Used in Chaco Canyon
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Inhabitants of Chaco Canyon apparently drank chocolate from cylinders like these about a thousand years ago. That’s the finding in a paper published this week by PNAS, a publication of the ...
Mass murder mystery of Maya kingdom
Nov 17, 2005 |
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Forensic scientists with mass burial expertise have been called into an ancient Maya city in Guatemala to help unravel a 1,300-year-old mass murder mystery.
Tahitian vanilla originated in Maya forests
Aug 21, 2008 |
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The origin of the Tahitian vanilla orchid, whose cured fruit is the source of the rare and highly esteemed gourmet French Polynesian spice, has long eluded botanists. Known by the scientific name Vanilla ta ...
Unlocking the Maya Code
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Apr 04, 2008 |
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Think of Megan O’Neil’s scholarly work as forensic art history. She’s not looking to solve crimes, although she uncovers plenty of murder and mayhem.
Royals weren't only builders of Maya temples, archaeologist finds
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Feb 25, 2008 |
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An intrepid archaeologist is well on her way to dislodging the prevailing assumptions of scholars about the people who built and used Maya temples.
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