[Aztlan] Gann's seven temples near Laguna Bacalar REPLY

[drever at mindspring.com]

Lorna:

The book, "They Found the Buried Cities" edited by Robert Wauchope,  ISBN
0-226-87634-9; Library of Congress 65-24433, published by The U. of Chicago
Press 1965; third impression 1974 has a chapter in it entitled "  A Visit
to the Year 1000; Thomas Gann 1924 - 1931.  This is a short bio of his life
and extracts from two of his publications, "Mystery Cities (1925 and
"Glories of  the Maya (1938).

Page 287:  "We discovered, eleven years ago, in the south-eastern corner of
Yucatan, buried in the virgin bush and never before visited by a European,
a group of large stone temples, standing upon steep, lofty, stone-faced
pyramids.  In one of them was a wooden lintel, still in situ, upon which
was inscribe a Maya date.  On returning to Belize from the Manatee River we
were told by some chicleros that they had discovered an even larger temple
a few miles to the north of the first group, which we had named "Tzibanche"
or "writing on wood."  In 1929 these ruins were flown over by the Carnegie
Institution's expedition under Colonel Lindberg, (sic) and again in 1931 by
the University of Pennsylvania's expedition." 

On page 288 Gann says, "Higher up, we passed the mouth of Chac Creek, which
leads into the Bacalar Lagoon..."

Page 289:  "On climbing the pyramid, we found the ruins of a magnificent
Old Empire Maya temple, ... the temple was not a single building but
consisted of a group of buildings, placed at various levels"  Gann then
displays photos of Lubaantun - Mound at Lubaantun. 

Hope this is of some value to you.  Story is very convoluted. 

John Drever


> [Original Message]
> From: Lorna Huff <meridamex at hotmail.com>
> To: aztlan famsi <aztlan at lists.famsi.org>
> Date: 5/5/2008 11:52:16 PM
> Subject: [Aztlan] Gann's seven temples near Laguna Bacalar
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>
> Hello Listeros,
>
>  In a 1928 publication entitled “Recently Discovered Maya Temples in
Yucatan with Date Sculptured on Wooden Lintel ” Thomas Gann describes a
series of large temples ranging in height from 100-200 ft with 'lofty' roof
combs that he came across while exploring in the "dense forests in the
south of Yucatan….situated in the bush immediately to the west of Bacalar
lagoon."  I have only the first page of the three page article.  It was
published in Jan/28 by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great
Britain, Issue No.5.
>
> Does anyone know what site this is ?  I've ruled out Kinichna, Dzibanche
and Kohunlich but I'm not sure about Tzibanche, and a couple of others in
the western proximity of Laguna Bacalar that are noted on a National
Geographic map, El Suspito and Mario Ancona.  Would it be any of these
places? 
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Lorna Huff
>
>
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