[Aztlan] Turtle and tortoises

[John B. Carlson]

AZTLAN  Listeros:

Here's a source from the "actun" which may be of interest:

For a further discussion of turtles and turtle iconography in Greater 
Mesoamerica and a bit beyond, I published a study entitled 
"Transformations of the Mesoamerican Venus Turtle Carapace War 
Shield: A Study in Ethnoastronomy" in 2005. A specific complex of 
turtle symbolism related to warfare and sacrifice ranging from the 
American Great Plains to Panama is explored. You can find it in 
Archaeoastronomy Journal Volume 12/13 which was also published as a 
book: "Songs from the Sky: Indigenous Astronomical and Cosmological 
Traditions of the World" edited by Von Del Chamberlain, John B. 
Carlson & M. Jane Young [Ocarina Books $ Center for Archaeoastronomy, 
2005 (pages 99 - 122)]. This is a 400-page edited conference 
proceedings and is the first volume dealing with world 
Ethnoastronomy. There are about 20 papers devoted to topics in Native 
American Astronomy. So far, there is no on-line version.



At 8:55 AM -0400 7/4/07, Barbara McKenzie wrote:
>On Jul 3, 2007, at 7:56 PM , Michael J. Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
>>There are also several tortoise altars at Copan in Honduras.
>
>There are several photos of the tortoise altar at Copan starting at:
>
>http://mayaruins.com/copan/a1_1114.html
>

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