[Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA

[Kier Salmon]

So it would be possible with a chemical analysis to determine if human  
bone content is around the templo mayor.  On the other hand, given the  
slaughter and illness in the last days, would it be possible to  
distinguish layers by date?


On May 20, 2008, at 10:38 AM, bernard Ortiz de Montellano wrote:

> They are different subtances, Bone is made from calcium phosphate,  
> lime in mortar is calcium hydroxide.
>
> Bernard
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kier Salmon <k_salmon at ipinc.net>
>> Sent: May 20, 2008 1:08 PM
>> To: Greg Sandor <gregory_sandor at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org, aztlan at lists.famsi.org, MICHAEL  
>> RUGGERI <michaelruggeri at mac.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Nahuat-l] [Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT  
>> BANDURRIA
>>
>> Isn't lime caustic?  The only way to determine it would be if human
>> bone had a different calcium ratio to sea shells or animal bone or
>> DNA.  If lime is caustic then there is little chance enough DNA
>> survived to make the distinction.
>>
>>
>> On May 20, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Greg Sandor wrote:
>>
>>> Is there a way to determine from the chemical composition of lime in
>>> mortar
>>> whether it was made from human bones?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> (614) 517-7204
>>> greg at gregsandor.com
>>> http://www.gregsandor.com
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Becraft" <david_becraft at hotmail.com>
>>> To: "MICHAEL RUGGERI" <michaelruggeri at mac.com>; <aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>>>> ;
>>> <nahuatl at lists.famsi.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:52 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nahuat-l] [Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT
>>> BANDURRIA
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Listeros,
>>>
>>> I may have missed it, but I am curious about archaeological evidence
>>> supporting the mass sacrifice of humans from 2,000 years ago to
>>> 1521.  Have
>>> there been any major archaeological findings that have uncovered the
>>> number
>>> of people sacrificed?  I assume it must be in the hundreds of
>>> thousands, or
>>> maybe millions.  I know that there have been some mass graves of 45
>>> or so,
>>> but has the number ever been higher than a thousand?
>>>
>>> Pancho
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:07:07 -0700
>>>> From: michaelruggeri at mac.com
>>>> To: aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>>>> Subject: [Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Listeros.
>>>>
>>>> 4000 year old human remains have been uncovered at the most ancient
>>>> urban
>>>> area in the New World, Bandurria, in Peru. They are sacrificed
>>>> individuals. Parts of skeletons were found of 3 people. One had  
>>>> been
>>>> decapitated.
>>>>
>>>> Living in Peru has the story here;
>>>> http://www.livinginperu.com/news-6483-artculturehistory-human-sacrifice-remains-found-peru-archaeological-site
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike Ruggeri
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mike Ruggeri's Andean Archaeology News and Links
>>>> http://community-2.webtv.net/Topiltzin-2091/MikeRuggerisAndean/index.html
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