[Aztlan] [Nahuat-l] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA

[bernard Ortiz de Montellano]

They are different subtances, Bone is made from calcium phosphate, lime in mortar is calcium hydroxide.

Bernard

-----Original Message-----
>From: Kier Salmon <k_salmon at ipinc.net>
>Sent: May 20, 2008 1:08 PM
>To: Greg Sandor <gregory_sandor at hotmail.com>
>Cc: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org, aztlan at lists.famsi.org, MICHAEL RUGGERI <michaelruggeri at mac.com>
>Subject: Re: [Nahuat-l] [Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA
>
>Isn't lime caustic?  The only way to determine it would be if human
>bone had a different calcium ratio to sea shells or animal bone or
>DNA.  If lime is caustic then there is little chance enough DNA
>survived to make the distinction.
>
>
>On May 20, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Greg Sandor wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to determine from the chemical composition of lime in
>> mortar
>> whether it was made from human bones?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> (614) 517-7204
>> greg at gregsandor.com
>> http://www.gregsandor.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Becraft" <david_becraft at hotmail.com>
>> To: "MICHAEL RUGGERI" <michaelruggeri at mac.com>; <aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>> >;
>> <nahuatl at lists.famsi.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:52 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nahuat-l] [Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT
>> BANDURRIA
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Listeros,
>>
>> I may have missed it, but I am curious about archaeological evidence
>> supporting the mass sacrifice of humans from 2,000 years ago to
>> 1521.  Have
>> there been any major archaeological findings that have uncovered the
>> number
>> of people sacrificed?  I assume it must be in the hundreds of
>> thousands, or
>> maybe millions.  I know that there have been some mass graves of 45
>> or so,
>> but has the number ever been higher than a thousand?
>>
>> Pancho
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:07:07 -0700
>>> From: michaelruggeri at mac.com
>>> To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>>> Subject: [Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Listeros.
>>>
>>> 4000 year old human remains have been uncovered at the most ancient
>>> urban
>>> area in the New World, Bandurria, in Peru. They are sacrificed
>>> individuals. Parts of skeletons were found of 3 people. One had been
>>> decapitated.
>>>
>>> Living in Peru has the story here;
>>> http://www.livinginperu.com/news-6483-artculturehistory-human-sacrifice-remains-found-peru-archaeological-site
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Ruggeri
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Ruggeri's Andean Archaeology News and Links
>>> http://community-2.webtv.net/Topiltzin-2091/MikeRuggerisAndean/index.html
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