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Yankeewave
 Post subject: Mayans
PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 9:44 pm 
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Tulane archealologists being quoted all over the place.

https://nypost.com/2018/02/02/discovery ... n-history/

say a BBC story too.
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sr
 Post subject: Re: Mayans
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Yankeewave wrote:
Tulane archealologists being quoted all over the place.

https://nypost.com/2018/02/02/discovery ... n-history/

say a BBC story too.

Tulane and Mayan history have always been mentioned in the same sentence. Middle American Research Institute has been digging in those jungles for decades and now imaging.
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Yankeewave
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i know we excel in anthropology and latin american studies.
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sr
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Wasn't implying you didn't - just stating the obvious for any Tulane alum.
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Yankeewave
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sr wrote:
Wasn't implying you didn't - just stating the obvious for any Tulane alum.


ha, i am not sure it is obvious. i only know because i was a tour guide :king:
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Yankeewave wrote:
i know we excel in anthropology and latin american studies.

I entered Tulane as an anthropolgy major. My adviser was Dr. Harvey Bricker. I switched major to math because I was too lazy to do all the reading. My suitemate graduated with a degree in LAS. Excellent Latin dances in the Kendall Cram Room plus free tequila night in the Rat. Ah, the choices we made...

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Did a cruise that stopped at costa maya. Did a tour of Mayan ruins Chacchoban. Very proud when the info described how Tulane profs had started and led its excavation.

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AO Sig wrote:
Did a cruise that stopped at costa maya. Did a tour of Mayan ruins Chacchoban. Very proud when the info described how Tulane profs had started and led its excavation.

I did the same cruise and tour!

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They lost they're luster for me starting in 2013
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Why do we want to get mixed up with these guys?

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PeteRasche
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Packaged national story about this was shown on my local morning news today. They had a brief interview with one of the Tulane guys but Tulane was not mentioned whatsoever. :?

Still... As the anchor said after the story ended, "that is SO cool!"
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NJwave
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How do we parlay this in to a 5 star, 7 foot center?
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sr
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NJwave wrote:
How do we parlay this in to a 5 star, 7 foot center?

With Mayan heritage I presume
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PeteRasche
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sr wrote:
NJwave wrote:
How do we parlay this in to a 5 star, 7 foot center?

With Mayan heritage I presume

Yeah, because those Mayans were known for being very tall folks. 8) 8) :lol: :lol:
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PeteRasche wrote:
sr wrote:
NJwave wrote:
How do we parlay this in to a 5 star, 7 foot center?

With Mayan heritage I presume

Yeah, because those Mayans were known for being very tall folks. 8) 8) :lol: :lol:

Yes, a very special fellow indeed ...
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NJwave
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sr wrote:
PeteRasche wrote:
sr wrote:
NJwave wrote:
How do we parlay this in to a 5 star, 7 foot center?

With Mayan heritage I presume

Yeah, because those Mayans were known for being very tall folks. 8) 8) :lol: :lol:

Yes, a very special fellow indeed ...


I can hear Dickie V. "The flyin' Mayan is a PTPer. Dunleavy used all his connections to find this guy. Where did they dig him up from?"
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When i was visiting Chitzen Itza as a 9 year old (no, it was not inhabited still), I remember watching archeologists working on what was felt to be a sacrificial well, about 25 feet in diameter. I was awe-struck watching a researcher calmly walking along with a skull in his hand.

Based on the fact that Mayan ball game losers faced a certain fate, it might have been a player who did not make the grade...

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AO Sig wrote:
When i was visiting Chitzen Itza as a 9 year old (no, it was not inhabited still), I remember watching archeologists working on what was felt to be a sacrificial well, about 25 feet in diameter. I was awe-struck watching a researcher calmly walking along with a skull in his hand.

Based on the fact that Mayan ball game losers faced a certain fate, it might have been a player who did not make the grade...
Yeah, just a 2-star...
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