[Aztlan] mayan/hammock question

[Hube Smith]

Besides, mattresses mildew in a short time in places like Yucatan and 
Guatemala----

even if people didn't need the extra room in the home that is afforded by 
slinging hammocks out of the

way during the day.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. M. Urquidi" <deamayaspin at yahoo.com>
To: <aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] mayan/hammock question


> Folk:
>
>  It seems to me that I have seen pictures of hammocks in Asia (hot 
> countries) in the Ntl Geo in an article about bird flue and jungle areas 
> in South America, places where it is too hot for beds to be comfortable. 
> Some of the jungle areas have people that man the smoke pots all night 
> long because of the mosquitos (they don't know about the Mesoamerican 
> solution of lemon/lime juice on the skin, A wonderful repellent). I would 
> think that hamocks are handy for people who have reed houses with strong 
> poles iun humid weather and a lot of trees around when they travel from 
> farm area to farm area as in the Amazon and Orinoco areas.
>
> Dea
>
> MBuffardi at marthastewart.com wrote:
>
> Some of my preliminary research on hammocks has pointed me in the 
> direction
> of the ancient Mayans. I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the
> history of the hammock, and the validity of the belief that it originated
> with the Mayan Indians.
>
> Thank you!
>
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