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PHOTOS: Altun Ha ruins - Mayan Eccentrics - Chert Run
AncientTech:
--- Quote from: nclonghunter on March 24, 2016, 03:35:04 pm ---WOW! Thanks for the photos. I had no idea those pieces were that big until you added your hand for comparison...amazing
That rock reminds me of "Mook" or something like that. Must be nice to just drive down the road and pick up good rock...LOL
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The size is surpising.
The site is located about five hours from my house, in Tulum. It is three hours to the border, and another two hours to the site. It is a nice drive, on a country road, from Orange Walk, Belize, to the site.
As for the rock, I sent a few pieces back with an archaeologist, a few years ago. And, someone picked up two or three nodules from him, and paid $200 dollars. All of the material was semi-translucent agatized coral, or chalcedony. Some of it is probably comparable to Knife River Flint. The trick is getting the good stuff off of the cores, because the cores are actually quite pithy.
I will have more photos of the stuff.
A.T.
Tower:
Looks like an amazing place to visit.
One day I hope to travel to many Mesoamerican
Sites.
Look at that flint. Love the color.
AncientTech:
--- Quote from: Tower on March 24, 2016, 05:17:54 pm ---Looks like an amazing place to visit.
One day I hope to travel to many Mesoamerican
Sites.
Look at that flint. Love the color.
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Tower, it is easy to visit Belize, from Cancun. I have been in Belize about fifteen times. The chert bearing zone is about 1.5 hours from the Mexican border.
Going back to 2005, or so, I have always told the flintknapping people that if they come down, I will take them there. This last visit was with a friend who is a retired pharmacist. He has been interested in Mayan culture for about thirty years. He showed me a glyph that he said has been interpreted to mean "flintknapper" in the Mayan language.
A.T.
le0n:
--- Quote from: bowmo on March 24, 2016, 11:38:33 am ---Super cool. Could not believe the size of those pieces once you put your hand in there for perspective. Truly nuts. Killer looking chert too.
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^^ this.
at first i was like: "cool. wow, that's some tiny writing."
then i was like: "whoa!"
hah hah.
nclonghunter:
That piece on the suitcase is beautiful. Like to see a big point made from it. Thanks again for the pictures. Makes me want to vacation in Belize.
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