Hi all - You often see annecdotal mentions of meteorites being recovered in Mayan burials, but I am not sure if these specimens have been properly identified. Consider the following Olmec (Zoque) images, in particular the third one down:
http://www.mesoweb.com/lords/origins.html Here a small bit of hematite is used for a mirror. The question is was this hematite used to emulate a meteorite in the model, or was the model's hematite just a smaller piece of the usual hematite used? Besides being used for mirrors, hematite can be used for red ink, and mayan scribes are often depicted having a small ink conch marked with the mirror (hematite) sign stuck in their headbands. Conversely, its possible these particular peoples thought of iron meteorites in terms of celestial hematite. good hunting, Ed ____________________________________________________________________________________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
