[Aztlan] 37 OLMEC WOODEN BUSTS UNCOVERED AT EL MANATI

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

(note) Erik Boot had a post on this a few weeks ago in Spanish. Here  
is an English translation of the story.

A lot of discoveries are taking place at the Olmec site of El Manati.  
Among them is the discovery of 37 wooden busts and 2 have been radio- 
carbon dated at 1200 BCE. It appears there were floods or a drought  
that led to these large offerings to the gods. All of the wooden  
busts were ritually buried and wrapped in vegetal fiber mats.

This is the earliest evidence of funeral wrapping in Mexico and it  
helped to preserve the wood.

Child sacrifices were also found there. Rubber balls, knives and  
wooden staffs have also been uncovered at El Manati.

INAH has the story in English here;
http://dti.inah.gob.mx/index.php? 
option=com_content&task=view&id=1055&Itemid=150

Here is a tiny URL;
http://tinyurl.com/6mefq3

Mike Ruggeri



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