[Aztlan] Date for people of corn?

[Justin Kerr]

Then, may I ask, why do so many images from the Early Classic and Late
Classic periods exist that refer to themes that are found in the Popol Vuh.
If these stories were imported from Central Mexico, then the Mexicans must
have imported them first from areas where the stories of the Popol Vuh were
alive and well. I doubt that people from Central Mexico carved the stela of
Izapa or painted the vases of Naranjo or Calakmul.
Justin Kerr
www.mayavase.com

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Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [Aztlan] Date for people of corn?

To me this question seems fairly simple.  Most of the iconography 
("ancient glyphs") comes from the Classic Maya.  The stories of the 
Popul Vuh are likely an intrusion from Central Mexico in the 
Post-Classic, at least according to Graulich.  So the two mythic 
traditions are not contemporaneous.  The stories of the Popul Vuh seem 
to have reached the Maya region several centuries after the decline of 
the Classic period.

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