[Aztlan] SOIL SAMPLES AT THE MAYA SITE OF CHUNCHUCMIL MAY CHANGE VIEWS ON THE MAYA

[David Hixson]

Thanks, Mike.

I would add that for background knowledge on
Chunchucmil, the most accessible resource is found on
Wikipedia (although I am working on a brief site
report to post to FAMSI in the next year or so).  The
Chunchucmil Wiki article was written by myself and my
fellow project archaeologist, Dan Mazeau, and is
currently the highest ranked article on any
Mesoamerican archaeological site in Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunchucmil

-Dave

--- michael ruggeri <michaelruggeri at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> Listeros,
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> A study by soil scientists at Brigham Young
> University at  
> Chunchucmil  will revolutionize Maya studies. Soil
> levels at the Maya  
> site of Chunchucmil have phosporus levels 40 times
> higher than  
> background levels providing evIdence of a market
> economy and calling  
> into question the concept that the Mayas distributed
> through a  
> tribute system. Chunchucmil was 17 miles from the
> 2nd largest salt  
> works in Mesoamerica and lies in an extremely
> forbidding place for  
> agriculture yet reached 45,000 in population.
> 
> The soil survey found that the Chunchucmil Maya
> carried salt over  
> sacbes in a long distance trading network in return
> for food.
> 
> The Salt Lake Tribune has the story here;
> http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7620583
> 
> On a related note, Aztlan co-moderator David Hixon
> has done much work  
> at the Chunchucmil site and here are two of his web
> pages on the site;
> 
>
http://research.famsi.org/aztlan/uploads/papers/Hixson-
> 
> MayaNewsletter.pdf
> 
>
http://home.comcast.net/~drhixson/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
> 
> Mike Ruggeri
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> Mike Ruggeri's The Ancient Americas Breaking News
> http://web.mac.com/michaelruggeri
> 
> Mike Ruggeri's Maya Archaeology News and Links
>
http://community-2.webtv.net/Topiltzin-2091/MIkeRuggerisMaya/index.html
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