GUATEMALA: Ujuxte, el pan de los mayas. (Fuente: La Prensa). Su nombre científico es Brosimun alicastrum Swartz, pertenece a la familia de las moráceas y su...
Hopefully, someone here will have an answer. Obviously doorways were an essential element of Mayan architecture. However, I have never seen an actual door in a...
Hi catiline! The best examples of hinges on doorways that I have seen in Maya architecture are at Palenque where the numerous openings probably required such...
Catiline, I think Martin has it correctly on this one. The evidence shows only curtin poles for hanging curtins across doorways, mainly for privacy. I cannot...
Mr. Lominy, Thanks so much for answering. I really enjoy your site, mayanfiles.com,especially the drawings depicting elements of mayan architecture. Somehow I...
Hi Martin and group! We have been lucky because in two occasions we have avoided two protests of people that not allowed to enter to mayan sites (Chiapas with...
Mike, I agree about the curtains. I have never seen any evidence of solid doors or sturdy gates. Yet...people who in times of wars & raids, build defensive...
CENTROAMERICA: Autoridades indígenas nombraron a voceros. (Fuente: Prensa Libre / Lorena Seijo). Guatemala. El incienso y el copal inundaron el ambiente en el...
Actually Catilline, what I was trying to say is that there is no evidence for "western-style" doors on hinges at any time in ancient Mesoamerica, as far as I...
Hello everyone! You must be wondering why the group was so silent this past month. I was out of town all April trying out a new job. But I've been keeping an...
Hi Mayakaab! Thanks for the travel updates. I hope you won't mind sharing some of those photos with us. Martin L. ... (Chiapas ... what ... After ... Mahahual....
Hi Martin I am very happy for reading again your messages. I am pleased to know this board is working again. As you can see I sent some photos of Balamku and...
Hi mayakaab! Thanks for the photos. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip and are sharing it with us. I'm going to be out of town for another month, so I may not be...
Hello group! For those interested in space imaging, here's a really good site with satellite pictures of a few Maya sites and other archaeological sites around...
http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2006/mayo/09/141139.html Hi ! As you can see in this web, an exhibition called "The Mayan Game, Cancuen" take place in Stockholm....
Hi Martin and all this web is fantastic !!! I am very lucky because I have been in five of this sites (Teotihuacan, Uxmal, Chichén Itzá, Abu Simbel and Machu...
Thanks for the info on the exhibition mayakaab. Having worked several years in a museum, I particularly appreciate exhibitions. However, this one is a bit too...
Subject: United Nations Permanent Forum and Caribbean Indigenous Peoples United Nations Permanent Forum and Caribbean Indigenous Peoples http://www.uctp.org/ ...
Hi all: I am not sure if this news was posted by Martir before. The source is New York Times but the link is the an economic newspaper from Spain. Anyway I...
Thanks for the article in spanish mayakaab. For more info about that subject see messages #366 to 383. For spanish readers, here are spanish versions for some...
Hello group! May I propose a walking tour of Chichen Itza by "About archaeology". Nice photos of various monuments from the site complemented with some ...
Hi Martin and group! More than two months ago I sent an e-mail for asking people posted here pictures of Temple I of Tikal. Like nobody have sent photos, I ...
Thanks for the link mayakaab! I have an artist friend who will be inspired by this site. You may also be interested in the following sites: Drawings from Steve...
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