[Aztlan] Cacao & ka-ka-wa

[Justin Kerr]

Dear Sam,
Has the vase in question tested positive for theobromine or does it merely
say so?
Justin 


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Subject: [Aztlan] Cacao & ka-ka-wa

Listeros: A good example of how the Maya spelled and pronounced their name 
for chocolate by the late classic can be seen and read on a vase now in the 
Williams College Museum of Art, Kerr 8713.  See the photo and drawing, 
glyphs D and E, an unusual collocation of two side-by-side fish-head "ka" 
signs, with a "wa" suffixed to the latter. The pot once contained "fresh" 
cacao. Read the excellent translation of the whole PSS by Marc Zender,
Sam Edgerton   

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