MAforum: Topic 5 Oldest Artifact in America -- Readers Write . . .
On Thursday, 5 November 2009,
the same folks who last year discovered the "14,000-year-old" coprolites announced the discovery of "the oldest known artefact in the Americas, a scraper-like tool in an Oregon cave that dates back 14,230 years."
Tuesday
27 October 2009: Handed back/reviewed midterm exams, esp. with reference to final exam. Reviewed Preclassic (slides). Viewed Teotihuacán: The City of the Gods (27 min., 2001, DVD 121), did not review terms/concepts or notes.
Thursday 5 November 2009: Reviewed viewing guide and watched "Forests of the Maya" episode 2 of the Spirits of the Jaguar series (55 min., 1997, VC 3403 -- episode 2)
Tuesday
27 October 2009: Handed back/reviewed midterm exams, esp. with reference to final exam. Reviewed Preclassic (slides). Viewed Teotihuacán: The City of the Gods (27 min., 2001, DVD 121), did not review terms/concepts or notes.
Thursday 5 November 2009: Reviewed viewing guide and watched "Forests of the Maya" episode 2 of the Spirits of the Jaguar series (55 min., 1997, VC 3403 -- episode 2)
On Monday, 9 November 2009,
the prestigious Journal,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
announced a discovery that was "a total shock"
to Mayan researchers of Calakmul, Mexico . . .
1. What do you think will be
the major long-term importance of this discovery?
2. Why? Mural scene at Calakmul, Mexico, showing the serving and drinking of "ul," or maize-gruel.
The hieroglyphic caption says "aj ul," or "maize-gruel person." Carrasco Vargas et al./PNAS