[Aztlan] The final battle at El Mirador

[michael ruggeri]

Listeros,

Researchers at El Mirador are carrying out DNA tests from spear tips  
and arrowheads with bone fragments and smashed pottery at the summit  
of the El Tigre pyramid at El Mirador, Guatemala. Many of the blades  
are of obsidian obtained from the Mexican central highlands. 200 of  
these have been found as well as flint ones and it appears there was a  
major battle atop the pyramid. It may have been Teotihuacanos who  
invaded. El Mirador was occupied from 850 BCE-150 CE and may have  
collapsed due to over-use of resources. Chief archaeologist Richard  
Hanson believes that the final 200 of El Mirador were trapped by the  
Teotihuacanos in a siege before the final battle. Graffiti that may be  
Teotihuacano was left after the Teo fighters smashed monoliths and  
carved crude skulls on them. Tlaloc images were also carved into the  
smashed monoliths. Scientists are attempting to extract blood from the  
spear points and arrow heads to identify the fighters.

Reuters has the story here;
http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=18952

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