Earliest use of Mexican turkeys by ancient Maya
As a University of Florida graduate student, one of Erin Thornton’s first assignments was to identify turkey bones from an…
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Study counters ideas about Mayan elite craftworks
It’s easy to get carried away romanticizing the cushy lives of the fabulously wealthy, even those who lived in exotic…
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Bone collectors and sacred trash
To the Maya, throwing away the bones of hunted animals is as wasteful as throwing away the entire animal itself….
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Maya politics likely played role in ancient large game decline
When Kitty Emery goes hunting for large-game, she doesn’t have to wait for the right season, because the animals that…
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A queen’s final feast
In 426 AD, a noble we now know as K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo’ (Great Sun First Quetzal Macaw), arrived in…
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