[Aztlan] Plaster and the general geology of the Yukatan Peninsula

[B Parker]

*hmmmm* more deforestation for 'plaster'?

How about a computer simulation instead?  I hear computers can be rather
useful these days.

Best regards,
Bonnie B. Parker

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Wayne Van Kirk <wvk at swbell.net>
To: Bruce Rogers <bwrogers at dslextreme.com>, Aztlan at lists.famsi.org
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:06:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Plaster and the general geology of the Yukatan
Peninsula
Has "plaster" been applied to a modern Maya building reconstruction for a
more authentic appearance?
If not I would recommend plastering one side of the Pyramid of Kukulkan. In
addition to attaining an authentic look, it would be possible to experience
the various acoustical sound effects the way the Maya did.
While I'm dreaming how about reconstructing the North and South ends of the
Great Ballcourt for the same reasons.
             "This transmission of sound, as yet        unexplained, has
been discussed by architects and archaeologists... Most        of them used
to consider it as fanciful due to the ruined conditions of        the
structure but, on the contrary, we who have engaged in its
reconstruction know well that the sound volume, instead of
disappearing,        has become stronger and clearer. . . Undoubtedly we
must consider this        feat of acoustics as another noteworthy
achievement of engineering        realized millenniums ago by the Maya
technicians."
                    "Chi Cheen Itza" Manuel Cirerol Sansores        1947