[Aztlan] Mayan politics depicted in Penn Museum show | Lifestyle | Reuters

[Justin Kerr]

The vessel discussed in the article is K593 (A picture is worth a thousand
words...) and there is a possibility that before beheading takes place,
another ritual may be performed. Notice that two members of the party, the
last on the left and the last on the right are carrying long bones. If one
examines K7749, two captives are fighting to the death using bones as their
weapons. 
Just a small observation.
Justin Kerr

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List Members;   A new exhibition at the Univ. of Pennsylvania includes a pot
which epicts a naked man kneeling before two figures who is about to be put
to death for his defiance of the other characters on the vessel who have
invaded his land.  The exhibit includes pottery, jewelry, figurins and other
artifacts to describe the invasion of the isolated village of Chama in the
Guatemalan highlands.  
http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKTRE5314GP20090402?rpc=401&
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