[Aztlan] Date for people of corn?

[Mesoman1 at aol.com]

Saludos,
 
Clearly they do not contain the narrative aspects of the Maya, but twins,  
the Underworld, and substantial maize associations are present and  clearly 
depicted among the Early and Middle Formative period Olmec sculpture of  the 
Southern Gulf Coast. 
 
Travis
 
 
In a message dated 11/13/2008 9:35:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
mayavase at verizon.net writes:

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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