"Caves have played an important sacred role in Mesoamerican religion and
culture. Since they penetrated the earth, they were believed to be
entrances to the underworld where the souls of the dead resided. Many
indigenous groups today tell stories about the final journey that the soul
must make; some of them describe its entry into a cave. Burial within a
cave would speed the soul's journey to the afterlife and guard against the
frightening possibliity of it wandering the earth causing mischief." ~James
E. Brady, George Hasemann and John H. Fogarty, "Harvest of Skulls & Bones,"
Archaeology, May/June 1995, p. 40
Now, the cave drawing on page 38/39 shows that the Maya carried their dead
as deep as 100 feet back into the cave, and as much as 40 up into an upper
chamber. The upper chamber would be very dark.
Other than the fact that the Maya had more material wealth than the Sima
people, and that they didn't have to carry them 1600 feet into a mountain,
what exactly is the difference in the behavior of the Maya and the Sima
people????
Both took their dead into the cave.
Both went into dark places requiring torches
The Sima people went deeper into the cave.
Are the Maya not human?
glenn
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