Chocolates: From Sacred Food to Sweet Treat

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Chocolates: From Sacred Food to Sweet Treat
The European colonial narrative is ingrained in American culture and history. The story always begins on the same spot: with one population of humans discovering another about the opposite side on the planet. But the original migration of humans to the Americas has become a way to obtain interest and research, and holds a lot more tantalizing questions.

NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA -- If the name of archaeologist Joseph W. Saunders sounds familiar, his work was featured in the eight part Examiner series about the Troyville Mounds in Jonesville, LA during 2010. Much of his career has become focused on the preservation and idea of Troyville Mounds. The articles described the architecture and cultural practices of Troyville Mounds which are akin to that regarding the Chontal Mayas inside the coastal parts of Tamaulipas and Veracruz States in Mexico. The series stated the similarities suggested contacts with Mexico. At some time with the articles' publication, Saunders would not go along with that interpretation. It is not publically known if Saunders still maintains that position. Links to earlier, related Examiner articles are towards the bottom on this one.

During the past twenty years, Joe Saunders has assembled some fascinating evidence make fish an indigenous mound-building culture rose first in northern Louisiana then somehow spread for the Gulf Coast of Mexico around 1,600 BC. The theory may appear far-fetched to laymen, however, there is evidence to compliment Saunders' interpretations of artifacts and archaeological sites.

If the ball game may be fatal to losers, it had its dangers for your victors too: A hard-hit ball could seriously injure a gamer whether or not this struck him solidly inside the head or stomach. To protect themselves, the members wore heavy padded uniforms with stone knee guards and belts where were hung effigies of opponents' heads.

What the numbers cannot tell could be the atmosphere that one could take a breath Mexico, the sense written by splendid archaeological sites which might be permanent memories as well as a critical for see the pre-Columbian empires, annihilate from the conquers; wounded inside the jungle, in the middle of breathtaking landscapes, the Mayan Ruins, the Mexico Aztec temples, the Olmecs?s colossal head as well as the most other civilizations are everywhere in Mexico.