[Aztlan] mayan/hammock question

[Miguel Covarrubias]

Certainly hammocks are not a Maya invention. There's no evidence of hammock
hangers in Maya architecture as there are curtain holders and internal
benchs, among other items, into Mayan houses.
It seems hammocks arrived to Yucatan through the Caribbean during Colonial
times.


2007/5/1, MBuffardi at marthastewart.com <MBuffardi at marthastewart.com>:
>
>
> 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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