Hi everybody! Interesting news on Maya culture this week: The government of Guatemala is planning the creation of a new university based on Maya wisdom ...
Dear Martin Lominy and Maya Architecture group, Would anyone be willing to share their knowledge on the significance and application of colour in Mayan...
Hello Claudia! Welcome to the group. This is certainly an interesting subject. I do have some information on the significance and materials of colours used by...
Hi Claudia! I found a short article in the book Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya (2004) that will certainly interest you and hopefully answer some of your...
Hi Martin and All, I have just recently, one year ago, started studying the Maya. I find that much of our understanding does come from interpetations and...
Hi David! I agree that personal interpretations and revelations (not based on scientific investigation) can be useful as they often provide new insights....
Hi Martin, I agree that critical thinking is very important in all aspects of life. In the context of your original message you mention how interpretation has...
It's true that the scientific community often ignores personal interpretations based on their source or their acceptance. I also agree that even a person like...
David and Maya Architecture, At the beginning of The Mythology of Mexico and Central America by John Bierhorst there is an allusion to a structured system of...
... than an ... Of course you may find similarities in revelationary and interpretationary tendencies between distance cultures seperated by space and time....
I bid you all farewell, I feel I have joined your group prematurely. I think your group is more orientated towards a more academic approach to the subject...
Hi Claudia! ... vases, and the mark of the individual testified in the artist's signature, still, it is helpful to remember that these visual references are...
Last week I went to see the "Aztec Empire" exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/aztecs/index.html It features...
Hello, I was wondering if anyone in this group has visited Nadzcaan or could steer me towards some resources about this site. Any information at all would be...
Hello Marcin and welcome to the group! I'm afraid I don't know much about the site of Nadzcaan. It was discovered in the early 1990's by Mexican archaeologists...
cultura y medicina maya desde la ciudad de amsterdam holanda da gracias por aceptarme en su grupo saludos [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hola y bienvenido en este grupo! Is there a particular topic you would like to discuss? Mejor si hablamos en inglés para los miembros del grupo que no hablan...
Check out the "Precolumbian" section here: http://www.prometheus-imports.com/home.htm I have a small reproduction of Pakal's sarcophagus lid. I'm thinking of...
section, they have a reproduction of a VERY important pre-Columbian artifact: for a mere $329.00, you can own the famous crystal skull that Thomas Gann found...
Hi Supernaturalrabbitscribe! Good quality reproductions of Maya ceramics are not easy to find but they do exist. Contrary to what one might think, it doesn't...
Thanks for the reply. The outfit in Muna, Yucatan looks perfect, but you have to go in person and it's so remote. Oh, well... ... one ... to ... that I ... ...
It's true that the best sources of ceramic reproductions are quite remote. Mexico City is probably the most accessible place to find some at the "Centro de...
To continue on the topic of ceramic reproductions, I found a site that will certainly be of interest: http://www.mayapottery.com/index.html These reproductions...
Hi everyone! In the 19th century, many scholars believed that the ancient cities of Central America were created by the people of Atlantis rather than native...
a todos un saludo de cultura y medicina maya el periodico que lucha por la integridad de los pueblos mesoamericanos invita tambien a todos uds a participar,...
Hola! Me gustaria saber mas sobre este periodico. Se puede encontrar en internet? Que tipo de articulos se publican? Hay un periodico con lo cual yo colaboro...
hola que tal tambien vives en holanda? si vives por estos lados cuando tienes tiempo? podriamos hablar ? saludos maya_architecture@yahoogroups.com wrote: There...
Hola! Yo vivo en Canada, pero si quieres hablar se puede hacer con mensajes en este grupo de discusion. Tal ves hay otros miembros que quieren hablar sobre el...
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