[Aztlan] Forward from Mitzi Linn on the pecked cross circles

[Justin Kerr]

Listeros,
In reference to Ms.Linn's post, I posted an image of the so-called game
board from Piedras Negras, Guatemala. These incised designs (Bill Fash found
one in Copan) certainly could have been used for divinations. The peck
crosses look more like the marks I see that surveyors use to align their
scopes using a plumb-bob. The Piedras Negras board can be found at K 4892B
and a Mesoamerican plumb-bob and be found at K9176. Both in the Precolumbian
Portfolio http://research.mayavase.com/kerrportfolio.html.
 Justin Kerr

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Subject: [Aztlan] Forward from Mitzi Linn on the pecked cross circles

Listeros,

I read through Aveni's article and  wonder if these pecked cross  
patterns might also have been  used for individual person's fortune or  
astrology (for lack of better term) since the patterns themselves are  
like charts within which beans or corn or crystals could be thrown  
randomly and then interpreted.  Not knowing about the game boards he  
mentioned--quinze etc-- but in fortune telling from various traditions  
there is sometimes an existing pattern over which objects are placed  
and then "read" ( for instance the astrology chart with planets)   
Things like marriages, treaties, people's business prospects.....other  
ancient cultures consulted personal oracles....why not the  
Teotihuacanos and their comtemporaries?

Mitzi Linn
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