[Aztlan] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA

[Wm. Clay Poe]

Quicklime (CaO) is produced by heating Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), to about
700 degrees centigrade at which point the CaCO3 dissociates into CaO and
CO2. When the CaO is slaked, mixed with water, it hydrates and becomes
Calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH)2. Over time the Calcium hydroxide absorbs CO2 from
the atmosphere and becomes, once again, Calcium carbonate. This process
takes a very long time to complete and gives rise to comments about the
superior hardness of Roman cement. You just need to give it a couple of
thousand years.

Human bone is mostly Calcium phosphate. Only about 7% is Calcium carbonate.
Human bone would not be a good choice for the source of quicklime.

Regards,

Bill

Wm. Clay Poe, Ph.D., RPA
Professor of Archaeology
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA 94928

(707) 480-9251

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Sandor [mailto:gregory_sandor at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:04 AM
To: David Becraft; MICHAEL RUGGERI; aztlan at lists.famsi.org;
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Subject: Re: [Aztlan] [Nahuat-l] SACRIFICED INDIVIDUALS FOUND AT BANDURRIA

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
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From: "David Becraft" <david_becraft at hotmail.com>
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<nahuatl at lists.famsi.org>
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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


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> 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-rema
ins-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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