[Aztlan] Bonampak burials

[Ed Barnhart]

I hypothesize that considering the hieroglyphics and name markers in the
third mural room are unfinished, that Chan Muan's rule came to an unexpected
end at the hands of Sak Tzi.  The evidence of the tomb leans towards a
royal, not an executed captive.  It may well be Chan Muan himself (dates and
age match), and that something happened to his skull either during a
ancestor worship ritual or something involving their enemy, Sak Tzi.  What
an exciting find!

BTW, I hardly see how restoring the murals required ground penetrating
radar... :)

Dr. Edwin Barnhart
Director, Maya Exploration Center
7301 Ranch Road 620 N
Suite 155 #284
Austin, Texas 78726
(512) 350-3321

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Burial Discovered at Bonampak Building

"MEXICO CITY.- The search of adequate conservation of Bonampak mural
paintings, located in Chiapas, turned out into the discovery of a crypt
under the second room of Templo de las Pinturas (Temple of the Paintings)
with rests of a man accompanied with jadeite ornaments and ceramic objects
that could be more than 1,300 years old."

- JLT - I presume that by "rests" they mean "remains"?? Oh, the pitfalls of
too literal translations into English!! LOL!

Again, from the article -

"Inside were found osseous rests of a man with the skull missing: only
jawbone was located. At his feet, 2 polychrome dishes were placed, and
next to the place of the skull, a perforated alabaster vase was found.
According to preliminary studies conducted by physical anthropologist
Javier Montes, this man would have been 1.70 meters high and between 35
and 42 years old at the time of death.

"Regarding the identity of the buried person, Tovalin specified that none
of the objects of the offering have hieroglyphs that provide information,
but archaeological material has allowed formulation of 2 hypothesis: The
first one indicates he might have been a war captive sacrificed as an
offering, which supported by the absence of skull, and the perforated
alabaster associated to the knife. The second hypothesis points out to a
close relative of Chaan Muan II."

- JLT - Although the skeleton is minus its head, which suggests it might
have been a captive sacrifice, there haven't been any other such interments
found in pyramids/temples so far as is know, have there? I mean, all the
ones I can think of have been honoured founders or members of the ruling
dynasty. Thoughts?

Johanne
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                          Johanne L. Tournier 
          Email - jltournier at ns.sympatico.ca
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