[Aztlan] Abandoned sites in the 12th century

Wed Apr 9 09:03:09 CDT 2008

Folks:

  Evaluating only one city or group of people defeats the purpose of research, although it may prove valid points.  Here is a list of quote from various researchers who identified the abandonment of large groups of people in the 12th century AD. The last is early in 1224 AD which may also apply. This would indicate a recall of personnel needed somewhere else.

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  Gore, p. 321, 
Cliffs of Jiaohe, a ruined city in the Terpan  of China, Flourished as a Silk Road outpost from 200 A.D. to about 1000 when it was suddenly abandoned.

  Info Only: 
Aymara is language before Quechua in Bolivian highlands abandoned abruptly in 1200 A.D.  Tiahuanaco in Bolivia on shores of Lake Titicaca was built about 600 B.C.  Origin of people (builders) unknown, suddenly departed around 1200 A.D.  

  American Statesman, p. E. 22,  
Salado Indians 900 A.D. to 1400 A.D. primarily farmers - corn, beans - cotton - tobacco with canal irrigation from the river.  Peaceful talented, skilled in pottery and jewelry making few enemies.  About 1400 A.D. cliff villages abandoned.  No one knows why they left or where to.

  Wolf, p. 127, 
In the course of their (Chichimec allied with Xolotl and his men) expansion, they probably destroyed the old Theocratic center of Tajín (situated on or near the River Panuco) which had survived the vicissitudes of political upheaval.  While Tajín itself was abandoned about A.D. 1200, the area as a whole remained populated.

  Vásquez y Rendón, p. 63 - 64,  
Cronica Primera, First Part: Dos Veintenas de Años más tres años when it entered the 11 Ahau (three tuns of 11 Ahau before 1286) desde que fue abandoned Mayapan by the *strange mountaineers (note: los extranjeros monatñeses) (that they were occupying) the interior of Mayapan 43 years

  Canby, Second Section: Voyage, Triumph, p. 587-589: 
Then Tragedy,   Built by 1085 A.D. Pueblo Bonito was completed. Around 1140 A.D. drought stuck. p. 589: Anasazi Pueblo bonito was abandoned by 1200 A.D

  Roberts, David, p. 73, 
Toward the end of the 13th century, something went terribly wrong among the Anasazi. What awful event forced the people to flee their homes and, never to return?

  Leon - Portillo,  p. 29,  
Stayed in Teotihucan, a message from their gods came to return to the Oriente. Four viejos stayed in Tamoanchan y had to re-invent "the cuenta de los destinos, los anales, la cuenta de los años y el libro de los sueños. (p. 51: Tam means nosotros buscamos nuestra casa).

  Coe, p. 148: 
Chichen Itzá was abandoned in Katun 6 Ahau (1224 A.D.) They had been called foreigners" " Tricksters and rascals" "the Lewd ones' and "people without fathers and mothers"

D. M. Urquidi
  P. O. Box 49485
  Austin, Texas 78765
  http://www.mayalords.org  
  http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ancientamericas/

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