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| Tango01 | 29 Dec 2020 10:37 p.m. PST |
…foreigners in ancient Mexico "Fifteen hundred years ago, Mexico's Teotihuacan was a multicultural metropolis, enlivened by the diverse dress, foods, and dialects of its immigrant groups. Artifacts show the city of more than 100,000 depended on a steady stream of foreigners, who brought skilled labor and exotic goods from across Mesoamerica. But after Teotihuacan faded, during a period of upheaval and uncertainty, locals may have turned against outsiders—and archaeologists now think they've found the decapitated heads to prove it. The study is "a major contribution" to our understanding of migration in ancient Mesoamerica and violence following Teotihuacan's collapse, says Sarah Clayton, an archaeologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, who was not involved in the research…"
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| Zephyr1 | 30 Dec 2020 9:56 p.m. PST |
"after Teotihuacan faded, during a period of upheaval and uncertainty, locals may have turned against outsiders—" Well, that's who you'd expect the locals to eat first during a famine… |
| Tango01 | 31 Dec 2020 12:42 p.m. PST |
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