Michael, In Oaxaca , Mexico the standing joke is that there are three different cultures there. 1) The mixtecs. 2) The Zapotecs. 3) The disco-tecs.
Carl ---- Michael Blood <[email protected]> wrote: > The Zapotecas were a Native American Culture prior to the > Conquest of the New World. > Michael > > > On 5/28/11 1:41 PM, "Met. Carl Esparza" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Brian, > > This is great news and very interesting news. . Povenmire does not name them > > in the paper posted previously found here; > > > > http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2011/pdf/1224.pdf > > > > But another paper I saw calls them Belizean tektites and tikal tektites. > > They > > say some were found in Mayan Ruins? > > I like your names better. > > Do you have any pictures to post? > > Would love to see them. > > Thanks. > > Carl > > > > ---- brian burrer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In my previous post I referred to the new tektites from Belize as" > >> Zapotectites". Geologist Jean Cornec is the one that perhaps should > >> name them as his unpublished paper and its appearance on a website is > >> the start of the new strewnfield's recognition. I noticed the paper > >> about a month after posting. When I informed Hal Povenmire of the > >> posting he quickly published on the subject and referred to them as > >> Central American tektites. That is a fine name but we don't refer to > >> the Central European tektites as such but instead as Moldavite (Czechs > >> use Vlatavine). In a much earlier posting I made this year I had > >> called the new tektites "Mayanites" because the first discoveries in > >> Guatemala and Belize were all in the greater Mayan influence. But > >> "Mayanite" is used as part of a name for something referred to as > >> "Mayanite Rainbow Quartz". Perhaps a good common name should refer to > >> the particular subset of Maya in the tektite region, namely the > >> Zapotec. "Zapotectite", or perhaps more correctly "Zapotecite" would > >> then be a possible moniker for the new discoveries. I just use it > >> because it fits for me; time and common usage will be the ultimate > >> dictator. > >> > >> Happy hunting, > >> Brian > >> ______________________________________________ > >> Visit the Archives at > >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > >> Meteorite-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > -- > Life is too short for drama & petty things, > Laugh insanely, Love truly and Forgive quickly. > -- > "People will forget what you said, > people will forget what you did, > but people will never forget how you made them feel." > Maya Angelou > > > > > > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
