[Aztlan] Olmecs on the History Channel - More about Bitumen

[David Hixson]

I noticed the same thing, Justin!  Dick Diehl was
surely posing in the traditional Olmec regal stance,
such as that shown in Oxtotitlan (a famous rock
shelter set of paintings in Guerrero that allowed
researchers to determine that the Olmec "altars" were
likely not altars at all, but instead "thrones"):

http://www.famsi.org/research/grove/section03.htm

If Dick's pose was not purposeful, he has simply
become more comfortable in Olmec poses than he
realizes.

-Dave

--- Justin Kerr <mayavase at verizon.net> wrote:

> I don't know if Dick Diehl was sending out a secret
> message, but when he was
> sitting on the Olmec "throne" he assumed the
> position, described by
> Anne-Louise Schaffer in her 1991 paper, "Maya
> Posture of Royal Ease."


       
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