[Aztlan] Follow up on Zapotec use of human femurs

[D. M. Urquidi]

Folks:
I don't know if anyone ever noticed but the bloodletters (of the gods) in the codices were usually human femur bones. Weird, but understandable after the info from Michael.
Dea

D. M. Urquidi

P. O. Box 49485

Austin, Texas 78765

http://www.mayalords.org

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ancientamericas/

--- On Wed, 7/15/09, michael ruggeri <michaelruggeri at mac.com> wrote:

From: michael ruggeri <michaelruggeri at mac.com>
Subject: [Aztlan] Follow up on Zapotec use of human femurs
To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 8:53 PM


Listeros,

National Geographic has a follow-up article on the practice of Zapotec  
males carrying human femurs as status symbols. There are a few new  
details in this article. A photo of a bas relief of a Zapotec carrying  
a human femur is posted. Joyce Marcus of the University of Michigan  
believes that this was a way to display dynastic continuity since  
relatives of the deceased carried these femurs. Each first born son  
was expected to brandish the femur of his father.

The National Geographic article is here;
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/07/090715-zapotec-thighbones-femurs.html

A tiny URL;
http://tinyurl.com/nwl28j

Mike Ruggeri

Mike Ruggeri's Zapotec World
http://tinyurl.com/37huyl

Mike Ruggeri's Zapotec Art Portfolio
http://tinyurl.com/lu36ac


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