OTI:notes:5/31/18

Open To Interpretation

Notes: game on...on the radio...from Detroit...Angels Tigers...prelims...was watching youtubes...dogs digging holes...Hawaii lava flow updates...residents advised when driving on escape routes they will be inspected for invasive species...coqui frogs...a small tree frog from Puerto Rico...gotten about hitchhiking on ornamental plants...overpopulates in a hurry and eats all the indigenous insects, all the while making an annoyingly loud sound...'coqui'...'coqui cacophony"!...hmmph...some are being found in California...brb...

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There is a Puerto Rican expression that goes “Soy de aqui como el coqui”, which translates to “I’m as Puerto Rican as a coqui”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coqu%C3%AD

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more of "I am of here like the coquis."

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same

The decline of coqui populations has accelerated since the introduction of the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus.^[6] This pathogenic fungus has been extremely devastating towards amphibian populations as the pathogen impairs the permeability of the skin.

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hmmph...Hawaii stories have it they're well nigh unstoppable...Heaney pitching...Ohtani did fine yesterday, but too much rain delay...on bench today resting...Kinsler lead off single...Trout up...K...Upton K...Pujols fly out...to bottom of 1st...fly out...

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The Uo (burrowing toad) and Bufo Marinus (marine toad) are the two toads most often present in Mayan art and mythology. The many cute and photogenic tree frogs are not as conspicuous in the Classic Maya art.

https://www.maya-archaeology.org/tropical-Mayan-ethnozoology-sacred-utilitarian-animals-reptiles-fish-birds-insects-iconography-epigraphy-faunal-remains_Guatemala-Mexico-Belize/Bufo-marinus-valliceps_bufotenine_marine-toad-Izapa-stelae_Kaminaljuyu-altar_Quirigua-Zoomorph-G_Sculpture.php

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what a neat site!...has all kinds of Mayan books to download...many free...back to back doubles...Tigers 1-0...ground out...two out...bouncer up the middle...another run...bouncer to third...no play...swinging bunt...rookie gets first hit...and now a double...three run scores...oh...a triple...well, the wheels came off...it is really a refrain, these five/six run innings early on...just destroying the Angels...Tigers 5-0...many of the hits in this inning were squeakers...fly out...to top of 2nd...ground out...Marte up...Angels made out...to bottom of 2nd...announcers taking poll..."should Trout continue hitting in two spot-second"...lead off walk...another hit...fly out...fly out to Young in center...thought Trout was in center...maybe DH...K...got out of the inning!...to top of 3rd...been browsing the downloads...Calhoun up...hitting 147...first pitch fly out...we are down 5!!!...hmmph...Bresenio a single...Kinsler up...grounder goes through...Trout up...lament has been Trout comes up with no one on...two on this time...K...did he tighten up..Upton up...Upton and Kinsler are ex-Tigers...bouncer to the pitcher...to the bottom of 3rd...one out single...K...K...to top of 4th...that site has this, a book I looked for, looked for in the index of Coe's The Maya...not there...

Eduard Seler

COLLECTED WORKS IN MESOAMERICAN

LINGUISTICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Pujols lead off single...oh...on on an error...Simmons up...single...
 Bottom left page of the Borgia Codex (16th century): a deity spears a woman, while a turtle runs away (the kind of enigmatic drawing Cecilia and Eduard Seler had to ponder upon in their study, between their dangerous and exhausting travels and excavations campaigns)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Seler

lol...and it was when I visited wiki's page about him that I saw the turtle being speared...see yesterday's post...and a curio I noticed is that the god being speared, has his/her hands in the mudra gesture...Calhoun ground out...third out...sheesh...two runners left on after being on with no outs!...one hand up, one down...archaeology is a consuming pursuit!...even just 'digging' down through the web!!...to bottom of 4th...Tigers made out...to top of 5th...and that god/goddess is the one that loses their leg...brb...
Bresenio hits a home run...his second rookie home run...Tigers 5-1...

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When depicted he was usually drawn with a black and a yellow stripe painted across his face. He is often shown with his right foot replaced with an obsidian mirror, bone, or a snake—an allusion to the creation myth in which he loses his foot battling with the Earth Monster.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezcatlipoca

Tigers replacing pitcher...injury or something...he was doing well...

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from wiki

In one branch of Greek mythology, Hera ejected Hephaestus from the heavens because he was "shrivelled of foot".

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the lame gods are a world wide motif...Trout made out...hits 222 as DH...so, why?...Upton K...third out...to bottom of 5...two quick outs...fly out...to top of 6th...world wide I think...checking not finding much...save for the Greek gods...Simmons robbed of a hit...two liners snagged by the Tigers...our hit balls keep finding their gloves!...and visa versa for them...well, I don't know on this curio...lameness...keep an eye out...for sometime...before the game I was looking at Hopi things...Marte 3-2...hit well...another liner caught...to bottom of 6th...

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Around 1325 CE Kachina masks and Kachina dancers appear as rock art.^[15] However, it remains an open question among scholars as to whether the kachina religion was an indigenous creation, or an import from Mexico. The similarity of many aspects of Hopi religion to that of the Aztecs to the south strongly suggest the latter to many scholars

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_mythology

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lead off double...fly out...runner advances to third...double...rbi...Tigers 6-1...fc...threw out runner to third...another double...runners 2nd and 3rd...

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Hopi drawing of the sky god Sotuknang.

http://www.viewzone.com/flyingshields/

Hopi's have an 'atlantis' legend, with 'flying shields'...is figure holding darts and atlatl?...

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from same

"As the shield lifted off, the kachinas all gave out a boisterous yell. The spectacle was incredible; every sort of kachina conceivable was present. All of a sudden as the couple flew along, flashes of lightning were visible in the air and the rumble of thunder could be heard. When the shield rose higher, drizzle began to fall. The kachinas were now accompanying them... [Her] parents had headed to the edge of the mesa at this time to look out. Looking down from the rim of the mesa, they saw an incredible number of people coming across the plain. To their great amazement all were kachinas, singing and crying out their calls in a pandemonium."
This passage is taken from a book called Earth Fire: A Hopi Legend of the Sunset Crater Eruption co-authored by Ekkehart Malotki, a white professor of languages at Northern Arizona University, and Michael Lomatuwayima, a Hopi from the Third Mesa shrine-village of Hotevilla. The Kana kachina is associated with the volcanic eruption starting in 1064 AD that created the now-extinct Sunset Crater located near the San Francisco Peaks.

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for the volcano eruptions made into legends collection!...there was a nova back then...hmmph...looking for that found this...Scientific American story debunking the Hopi rock art thought to depict the Nova...which was recorded by historians around the world...

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In fact, the horned figure looks a bit like common representations of the Hopi long-horned kachina spirit being called Wupá’ala.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/e28098supernovae28099-cave-art-myth-debunked/

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Angels made out...two out bottom 7th...Tigers make out...to top of 8th...oh...that Kachina just has one horn...there's so many of them!...Kinsler up...last nine Angels retired in a row...lead off double...ninth hit for the series...rbi single for Trout...Tigers 6-2...

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SN 1054 is a supernova that was first observed on 4 July 1054, and remained visible for around two years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1054

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Upton double play...Pujols up...

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The date of the eruptions that formed the 340-meter-high cone (1,120 ft) was initially derived from tree-ring dates, suggesting the eruption began between the growing seasons of A.D. 1064–1065.^[7] However, more recent geologic and archaeological evidence places the eruption around A.D. 1085.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Crater

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line out to third...to bottom 8th...

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Kīlauea is a currently active volcano that is located on the island of Hawaiʻi and is still being extensively studied.^[5] Many Hawaiians believe Kilauea to be inhabited by a "family of fire gods", one of the sisters being Pele, who is believed to govern Kilauea and is responsible for controlling its lava flows.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele_(deity)

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lead off single...W...Tennyson wrote a poem about Pelee...and it's a kind of what in the world?...imitates Longfellow Hiawatha heroic couplet rhythm...which works there...essh...Tigers still batting...thought they made out...not much chance for Angels anyway...grounded to Pujols...to top of 9th...four hours ago...

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Contractors on Hawaii's Big Island have begun bulldozing an emergency evacuation route through an old lava flow over fears the ongoing eruption could trap thousands of people by destroying existing roads.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/05/31/hawaii-volcano-bulldozing-emergency-evacuation-route-lava/659222002/

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Angels need an eruption...:)...lead off single for Simmons...

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As if the 2,400-acre lava field on Hawaii’s Mount Kilauea and reports of a thick blanket of “vog” wasn’t bad enough, the U.S. Geological Survey warned late Wednesday night of volcanic glass—Pele’s hair—falling from the sky.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/hawaii-volcanos-glass-rain-is-actually-called-peles-hair

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Marte up...

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Pele will curse with bad luck people who take lava rock, sand, seashells, or other natural parts of the islands away with them, until they return these items to their rightful place. Additionally, federal law prohibits taking anything out of a national park. Each year large quantities of such objects are mailed back to Hawaii by people who believe they have received such bad luck.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele%27s_hair#See_also

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hmmph...similar thing happens to people who take things from Bodie!...Young K...Valbuena pinch hitting for Calhoun...fans on their feet...0-2..."a disappointing end to this road trip"...Angels home tomorrow...or maybe travel day...'rally goose'...Tigers a new mascot...W...Bresinio up...0-1...0-2...0-3...Tigers 6-2...

:(

DavidDavid

OTI:one poem, notes:5/30/18

Open To Interpretation

Guts

Pakal moved to approach Ichi,
And passed near Jason
On the wharf beneath Volcano Never.
Pakal paused, looked at Jason long,
Leaned over, and sniffed.
Offended, Jason pulled back.
"I smell dragon guts."
Said Pakal.
Non-pulsed, Jason leaned forward,
His nose startled at Pakal's scent.
"You too!" said Jason.
"Just so, Brother." said Pakal.

DolphinWords

Notes: game on...on the radio...line up being announced..."on the mound...showtime Shoei Ohtani"....more turtles from close of yesterday's post...this post twenty third in a series...see previous...

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In Sufism the hatching and return of baby turtles to the sea is a symbol for returning to God through God's guidance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_turtles#Islam

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Kinsler up...0-1...fly out...lots about Turtles...Trout up...W...50 walks for Trout...Upton up...Pujols fly out...to bottom of 1st...Martin up for Tigers...1-1...ten days since last Ohtani pitched...W...after full count...fly out...one out...stolen base...K...two out...W...rbi hit...Tigers 1-0...foul out...to top of 2nd...Simmons chopper over mound...lead off single...Valbuena up...bunt single...bloop...had to hold, and Simmons out going to third...one of those outfield infield fly out rule balls...fc...one out...Calhoun ground out...Marte up....sharp ground out...to bottom of 2nd...fly out to right...ground out...K...to top of 3rd...Kinsler out at second, stealing...Trout up...double...oh...lost Kinsler...he would have scored...

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What is the Churning of the Ocean myth of the ancient Hindu doing on an early Mesoamerican carving?



http://www.boloji.com/articles/14505/evidence-of-pre-columbian-global-travel

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Note the Turtle...in the Mayan icons...Upton K...Pujols up...a Turtle is shown beneath the 'World Tree'...rbi single...Angels 1-1...ground out...and this, from same site, note Polaris...Fire Clan’s Hopi Tablet:



for the swastika musings...to bottom of third...I'm juggling a couple things...and I can't find one which I had yesterday...an Aztec codex pic of a god spearing a Turtle...I found myself fascinated by the poor Turtle...the artist gave it a real look of dismay...a double by Castillanos...and at wiki reading about turtles in mythology, there was this...K...two out...fly out...lead off hit...Valbuena...top of 4th...racing to get ahead before the rain comes...Maldonado up...well, I cant find either of them...one is the Aztec/Mayan god spearing a turtle, and a side by side was mention that a Greek myth has a god spearing a turtle...there are tons of turtles in myths sites!...anyway...another thing is being swallowed by Snakes/Dragons...


The Mayan word for serpent, coatl, also means a pole.  Quetzalcoatl travelled on a ship of poles.  He was known as a traveller carrying a staff or even as a butterfly.  When Cortez came to Mesoamerica, the sails of his ship were likened to butterfly wings and his appearance as a bearded foreigner with long robes caused the Mayans and Aztecs to believe he was the prophecy fulfilled of the return of Quetzalcoatl.

http://www.boloji.com/articles/14505/evidence-of-pre-columbian-global-travel



Calhoun hard liner out...two out...fly out...to bottom 4th...after five innings game is considered complete...Trout saves an out with catch...one out...third out K...to top of 5th...and...and...a rain delay...not likely Ohtani will continue...not likely game will continue, today!...hmmph...give me time to find that Turtle!...hmmph...short rain delay!...oh....and it's beginning to return...two out top of 5th?...and, and, I found the turtle...it's in the Borgia Codex...and the scene, I think, depicts one of the battles for worlds, the hero gets wounded in his leg...


for the next couple of hours...off and on rain...halt play...official game...Angels 1-Tigers 1...'we will be here awhile'...time to foray out for a snack...one of the gods loses his leg, and gets a prosthetic...not sure if this is the one being speared...but I see that icon often...game back on...bottom of 8th...Tigers 6-1...runners on 1st and 2nd...I went over to the mall, thinking to see a movie...and walking by outside seating of a sports restaurant, I paused to watch the game starting to get back under way...ground crew was chasing a Canadian Goose that refused to leave the playing field...finally took flight and promptly collided with an upper level score board, and augered into the lower level seats...apparently okay...gathered up and carried by a kindly girl...expensive restaurant, but thought to go inside and watch...bottom of 6th Pedrosan came in...Ohtani had gotten through five...and loaded the base up with walks and a bean ball...next reliever gave up a couple hits...and Tigers scored their five go ahead runs...hmmph...one away in the 9th...fly out...Goose collision kind of sums up Angels' effort...Maldonado K...'two quick outs'...Simmons made a great catch of flare...Calhoun grounds out...'and that's how the game ends'...

:(

DavidDavid

OTI:notes:5/29/18

Open To Intepretation

Notes: game on...on the radio...'bright sunshine here'...'here' being Detroit...Angels and Tigers...Cozart up...Bowers Museum...fly out...has a collection of Mesoamerican things, but when I was there only a few on display...other shows in progress, one on JFK, which would have had my interest back when I was a JFK buff!...another fly out...on the warning track...Trout out...still am I guess...once in the hunt in that mystery one always is!...anyway, in the Mesoamerican exhibit I espied this charming diorama/tableau from Colima, West Mexico...Angels made out...to bottom of 1st...

I've seen those odd heads before, my thought, and when I got home, found them on the web...Tropeano pitching...one out...and, and, on the web have found figurines with something I've seen else ware...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Mexico_shaft_tomb_tradition

K...'first two set down'...I'm juggling things here not in the order I found them...there's a lot to this Colima site!....'sets them down in only nine pitches'...Ohtani scheduled for tomorrow...to top of 2nd...a common feature, at least I've seen it at two sites...wiki's and this one, that describes it...is the bumps on the shoulder...I've seen those before!....watch...:)...Pujols up...lead off hit...Simmons up...second in league batting average...W...Valbuena rbi single!...Angels 1-0...Kinsler up...

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The diametrically opposed social roles are alluded to by their poses and accoutrements; the male grips a club whose barbs are counterpointed by the female’s raised shoulder cicatrices – a means of beautifying the body – while her hands are placed on the stomach, an intimation of the birth-giving position often depicted by Nayarit ceramists.



https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/the-haunting-subhuman-monstrosities-of-ancient-nayarit-a-critical-reassessment/

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Kinsler 3 rbi Homer Run!!!...hmmph...Angels 4-0....I keep spelling Home 'Homer'...kind of like my 'its' it's...fmp...consistent miss spells are odd...that site goes over, defends, the artistic merits of the Colima artists...neat web page...Calhoun ground out...shift...fielded by infielder in the outfield...Cozart up...page has pic of female with the shoulder 'cicatrices'...brb...Cozart third out...to bottom of second...lead off single...

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Male and female figurines were found in different postures and in most of the figurines, they appear to be wearing a helmet and have some kind of padding on the shoulders. Other figurines were found to hold a staff or sceptre, possibly as a symbol of justice and ruling. Each figurine has a different pose but the strangest of all is that some female figurines hold babies suckling milk, with the child also represented as a lizard-type creature.
The figurines are presented with long heads, almond shaped eyes, long tapered faces and a lizard-type nose. What exactly they represent is completely unknown.

http://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/unanswered-mystery-7000-year-old-ubaid-lizardmen-001116

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Tigers made out...Trout up...lead off double!...Upton got to second...and over ran Trout holding at third on a single...coach held up, and Upton out in run down...and then a DP...big inning miniaturized!...throw'm out at second...one out...Tigers had a runner...here's link to odd site...it has the Ubaid Lizard folk side by side with the Colima Mexico figurines, noting the long heads...not noticing the shoulder bumps...pics too big there to snag...have a look...fly out ends the inning...to top of 4th...the bumps on the shoulders are what I noted...and too the slit eyes, and long heads...Valbuena hits one out...Angels 5-0...Calhoun up...

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The figurines also appear with several oval-shaped pellets of clay covering their upper chest, shoulders and back.    

http://humanpast.net/art/art5k.htm

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well, there's an added thing...the Colima figurines are fully nude too...and if I remember right, I saw those bumps somewhere else too...but this might be a hard recollection search!...brb...maybe in awhile...one out...Cozart up...double play...to bottom of 4th....lead off double...well, that search for sometime...thought I saw a Mari figure with the bumps...and it looked like the famous Innana one...

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These ceramic masterpieces emphasize heavy necklaces, the women’s belt and loincloth, and breasts adorned with dotted lines. This pattern could well represent the African custom of cicatrization, but the question remains: what do the patterns of ritual scarring themselves represent? 
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It seems to me that the sign-inscribed matrikas reflect ritual acts, and not only in the making and use of the figurines themselves. In fact, painting and incision on the icons are likely to have originated in women’s ceremonies in which they painted, tattooed, or scarified their bodies with sacred signs and substances. Body-painting has been an integral part of Australian women’s ritual for thousands of years. African scar-patterns are typically applied as part of womanhood initiations, and tattooing has similar significance in Samoa and Micronesia. Quite a few matrikas have vertical lines on the chin, a very common tattoo pattern for women around the world, including Maori, Bedouins, villagers in some parts of Syria, and northern Californian peoples such as the Shasta. In tropical South America, aboriginal people use body-painting for ritual, but it has everyday uses too. A person who is painted is clothed.

http://www.suppressedhistories.net/articles/icons2.html

hmmph...page has a collection of figurines from all over...noting self similarities...have seen those lines on chin on the Indians hereabout...top of 5th...Trout made out...Upton up...the shaft tombs of the Colima Indians, one of their distinctions, remind me of the scarab's story!...how scarabs burrow a hole, a long shaft, make a chamber to lay their eggs...Pujols a hit...a 'three hit night'...Simmons up...Angels made out....Jacobi Jones whaps a homer for the Tigers...in the bottom of 5th...one out...



http://arizonamuseumofnaturalhistory.org/explore-the-museum/exhibitions/cultures-of-the-ancient-americas/Mesoamerica

that one is just really cool...it's easy to lose sight, seeing so many artifacts on the web, and our mass production age, that these figurines were real treasure to their owners, and culture...precious...sacred...

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The Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition or shaft tomb culture refers to a set of interlocked cultural traits found in the western Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and, to a lesser extent, Colima to its south, roughly dating to the period between 300 BCE and 400 CE, although there is not wide agreement on this end-date. Nearly all of the artifacts associated with this shaft tomb tradition have been discovered by looters and are without provenance, making dating problematic.^[1] The first major undisturbed shaft tomb associated with the tradition was not discovered until 1993, at Huitzilapa, Jalisco.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Mexico_shaft_tomb_tradition

Calhoun snags a fly ball at the wall...end the inning...to top of 6th..."interlocked cultural traits"...Valbuena up...

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The practice of digging shaft tombs was a widespread phenomenon with prominent examples found in Mycenaean Greece; in Bronze Age China; and in Mesoamerican Western Mexico

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaft_tomb

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Kinsler up...pig dragons...

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A pig dragon or zhūlóng (simplified Chinese: 玉猪龙; traditional Chinese: 玉豬龍)^[1] is a type of jade artifact from the Hongshan culture of neolithic China. Pig dragons are zoomorphic forms with a pig-like head and elongated limbless body coiled around to the head and described as "suggestively fetal"
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There is some speculation that the pig dragon is the first representation of the Chinese dragon. The character for "dragon" in the earliest Chinese writing has a similar coiled form, as do later jade dragon amulets from the Shang period.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_dragon

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Kinsler to second on infield nubber and wild throw...I think the Hongshan had shaft tombs...brb...Maldanado rbi single thrown out trying for second...Angels make out...to bottom of 6th...Angels 6-1...they seem to...keep that for the shaft tombs curios!...and from Hongshan too are horned figurines...actually, very strange figurines!...Tigers get another home run...and follow up with single...and Tropeano relieved...Angerls 6-2...oh...I'm reacing for the Colima horned figurines side by side with the Hongshan ones...and happened on this one...lol...



https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/312688

the Hongshan ones are over the top strange...see if I can find a good one...two out hit...two on at the corners...



that one was for sale on ebay...snagged from google images...search: hongshan horned figure...graves, sites, in China have been, are being, looted...Michael Coe was asked how many Maya sites archaeologists had researched, and he said, ten per cent, and added that sites looted was 100 per cent...this in the youtube about the Maya Code...bases loaded two out Rameriz in trouble...1-1...horned figures bring to mind Alexander the Great sometimes depicted with horns...and Moses...3-1...pop up...to the top of 7th...

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Deities depicted with horns or antlers are found in many different religions across the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_deity

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Cozart up...out?...Trout walks...Simmons up...


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Ten artifacts are composed of bundles of wrapped plant fiber, either sagebrush bark or reed. All have
projecting "horns" at one end, made of bone splinters, twigs, or cactus spines. Four specimens have
feathers attached to the ends opposite the horns.

https://nhmu.utah.edu/blog/2016/07/12/fremont-indian-horned-figurines-%E2%80%93-what-are-they

from Fremont Indian culture...Upton K...two out...Pujols up...




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilling_Figurines
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/PillingFigurines01.jpg

hmmph...just neat...Pujols K...Angels made out...to bottom of 7th...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Mexico_shaft_tomb_tradition

A ceramic house showing the distinctive roof associated not only with the shaft tomb cultures but the subsequent Teuchitlan tradition as well. It has been proposed that these models show the house of the living above and attached to the house of the dead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Mexico_shaft_tomb_tradition

Alverez snags a bunt...one out...Tigers made out...to top of 8th...one of those Hongshan sites I was just at described the tombs being under houses...difficult to find again...a dogear...Colima Fremont...Valbuena hits another home run...Angels 7-2...

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It is interesting to note the similarities between western Mexico and South America, since in regions of both places shaft tombs were built. Recent studies have found common elements with countries as far away as Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, it is inferred that there was some type of contact perhaps by ocean navigation. Evidence was found in Treasure Beach (200-700 CE), on the Colima coast.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacha

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Kinsler a hustle double...Maldanado a two rbi home run...Angels 9-2...Calhoun out...Cozart single...Trout up...

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First, corn and other cultivated plants (called domesticates), initially developed in what is now Mexico, then diffused northward throughout the greater Southwest and were added to the wild food subsistence base of native people sometime about 2,500 to 2,000 years ago in areas on either side of the southern Wasatch Plateau.

https://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/thefremont.html

K...to bottom of 8th...well....for sometime more on Colima...brb...

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The word Anishinaabeg translates to "people from whence lowered." Another definition refers to "the good humans," meaning those who are on the right road or path given to them by the Creator Gitche Manitou, or Great Spirit.
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According to Anishinabe tradition, and from records of wiigwaasabak (birch bark scrolls), the people migrated from the eastern areas of North America, and from along the East Coast. In old stories, the homeland was called Turtle Island. This comes from the idea that the universe, the Earth, or the continent of North America are all sometimes understood as being the back of a great turtle, a mysterious natural consciousness.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anishinaabe

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thought to familiarize with the Indigenous folk at each of the towns the Angels visit on their quest...the Anishinaabe look to be around Detroit...is Detroit an Indian name?...brb...Tigers made out...to top of 9th...Detroit is 'strait' in French...Simmons single...two outs...

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Like many historic places in the Great Lakes region, Mackinac Island's name derives from a Native American language. It’s been said that Native Americans thought the shape of the island resembled a turtle, so they named it "Mitchimakinak"

https://www.michigan.org/blog/region/how-did-michigan-cities-get-their-names

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Valbuena flies out...to bottom of 9th...

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Turtle Island is the name of North America according to some Indigenous groups.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Island_(North_America)

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Tigers have runners on...

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Cuyutlán is a town in the Mexican state of Colima, on the Pacific Ocean. Cuyutlán belongs to the municipality of Armería. There is also a Lagoon of Cuyutlán,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyutl%C3%A1n

K...and the ball game is over!...Angels 9-2...

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Next, is the Tortugario Ecological Center, where you'll learn how Mexico's largest turtle sanctuary is helping these endangered species thrive. Depending on the time of year (August to January) visitors can adopt and name a baby turtle ready to return to the sea.

https://www.princess.com/excursion/exDetails.page?tourCode=ZLO-360&t=&exType=S

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DavidDavid

OTI:notes:5/28/18

Open To Interpretation

Notes: game on...on the radio...twenty second in a series...see previous...Angels and Tigers...91 degrees and noontime in Detroit....hereabout seventies high overcast...two out one on bottom of 1st...Skaggs pitching...browsing about, I found a blog post that goes over America Unearthed's first episode almost word for word...this back in 2012 when the Mayan calendar end doomsday stressed everyone!...brb...3-2...K...Ohtani isn't in the lineup...likely to pitch tomorrow?!...Simmons lead off single...top of 2nd...."Archaeological Fantasies, Where Archaeologist and Reality Meet"... Marte fly out...Kinsler up...that site has a lot of stuff!...and extensive comment section...I happened on it looking up Mayan Blue...the pigment thought to have been made from a clay in Georgia...it's a back and forth...and the paint evidence of contact between Mexico and North America...the bottom of the cenote at Chichen Itza is said to have 14 feet of Maya Blue at the bottom...this from the sacrifices thrown in that were painted blue...fly out...to bottom of 2nd...14 feet seems a bit much...one site suggests the sediment at the bottom was tinted by the paint...it's an unusual paint...very durable and color fast...lot of sites going on about it...anyway, I clicked on a link at that blog to another blog, just as extensive, and found this:...lead off single for Tigers...covering for steal, ball went through the hole...runners first and third...and then a double play...run scored...Tigers 1-0...ground out...top of 3rd...Trout up...one out one on...

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 In these same areas numerous clay figurines similar to those produced by the Chimu and Mochica cultures of northern Peru, as well as star-shaped maceheads reminiscent of the same region, have been discovered (Krickeberg 1982,354).

https://haecceities.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/2012-about-the-supposed-maya-site-in-georgia/

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large boom shook the booth...looper on broken bat...'wonderful pistachios...'let's get crack'n!...Trout out...then Young steals second...two out..."haecceities"?...brb...."that property or quality of a thing by virtue of which it is unique or describable as “this (one).”."...hmmph...that's a curio, the mace head, to go along with Bower's Museum cog wheel...Upton K...on to bottom of 3rd...Mesoamerican mace heads are common, I find...and find myself reading about Mesoamerican weapons!...

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According to conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo, the macuahuitl was 3 to 4 feet (0.91 to 1.22 m) long, and three inches (75 mm) wide, with a groove along either edge, into which sharp-edged pieces of flint or obsidian were inserted and firmly fixed with an adhesive.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuahuitl

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hmmph...two runners on with one out...Simmons a tough stop...infield hit...bases loaded...one out...geez...home run..."grand slam for James McCam"...sigh...Tigers 5-0...ground out...3rd out...on to top of 4th...images on google images search Mesoamerican mace head...lot's of them!...no shortage of fantasy designs, but they all have holes...cog wheels are solid...Simmons up...

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One of the most interesting early arms of Hawaii is the shark toothed club. Although this name is some what a misnomer, due to the fact that the shark toothed weapons were used for slashing weapons. A round weapon may have 30 or more shark teeth around the edges, other varieties featured as few as 3 in a claw shape. Shark tooth also a proffered weapon of ancient Hawaiian nobles. Many weapons were hooked to grab limbs.
Short spears and stone clubs made up the bulk of Hawaiian close melee weapons. Short spears were not larger at the base like the longer pikes

http://www.mythichawaii.com/weapons.htm

that from search 'Polynesian stone maces"...eesh...Hawaiians fought like Romans!...

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 The weighted part of the rope was thrown at an opponent's legs to trip him, and then another weapon, perhaps a stone hand club shaped like today's hand-held weights with bulbous ends and a slimmer connecting section to grasp, would be used to finish off the tripped enemy.

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Tigers lead off double...there's a pic of maces with the head tied to the end of the shaft...don't know but a Hawaiian warrior might make an Aztec cringe!!!...sheesh...onward...Young a hit...and a balk...reaches second...heck...whole bunch of photo folders missing...or somewhere not normal...hmmph...diverted...that program 'dropbox' has been snagging them...usually they're saved from camera uploads under 'pictures'...wanted to check where the mace was I saw at Bowers...New Guinea...bottom of 5th...Tigers 5-0...well, thought is that prehistoric warrior clans had each their own logos...that much we see as 'religion' was the rituals of combat...and the iconography derived from combat...those shield designs...and the pectorals...Tigers made out...top of 6th...I think...Valbuena up...'Angels lineup stuck in neutral'...on paper it is great...K...Kinsler up...oh...top of 7th!...one out hit...

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The Aztec armed forces were typically composed of a large number of commoners (yāōquīzqueh [jaː.oːˈkiːskeʔ], "those who have gone to war") who possessed only basic military training, and a smaller but still considerable number of professional warriors belonging to the nobility (pīpiltin [piːˈpiɬtin]) and who were organized into warrior societies and ranked according to their achievements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_warfare

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Maldanado K...someone tossed...questioning call...oh, a dustup...'bout time...Angels need a lift!...Maldanado and Scocia gone...'things boiling...Angels not doing anything offensively...'....one looking for self similarities of ancient cultures world wide one need look no further than the warriors!...diffused or convergent...they're all alike!...but the modern ones seem much less 'ornamental'...don't know what word to use...war developed warrior societies...

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 Each society had different styles of dress and equipment as well as styles of body paint and adornments.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_warfare#Warrior_societies

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Warfare amongst the tribal chieftains (ali'i) of the Hawaiian islands was common, with fierce battles typically fought to establish political boundaries and during succession disputes. Raiding was frequent. As the scale of warfare increased, the chieftains of Hawaii and Maui became increasingly powerful as they could draw on the larger populations and resources of their islands to support military operations. By the 1780s warfare was increasingly institutionalized, with formal rules and rituals. The ali'i built and consecrated luakini (state temples) and conducted sacrifices, prayers, and ceremonies before launching campaigns.

http://www.mythichawaii.com/ancient.htm

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well, the 'ancient astronaut' all the back and forth Mysterions are looking for is 'warfare'....home run for Martin...Tigers 6-0...bottom 0f 7th...hmmph...

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As the retiring Oahuans reached the head of the valley, they were trapped with the 1,200 foot Nu'uani Pali cliff at their backs. Kamehameha committed his pike, whose advance literally pushed the Oahu warriors off the cliff to their deaths.
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After 28 years of campaigning, Kamehameha now ruled all the islands of Hawaii. Governing from Oahu, he issued the famous Mamalahoe Kanawai or Law of the Splintered Paddle, which decreed that old men and women and children should not be subjected to wanton attacks, and passed a series of laws against murder, theft and plundering. Conquered lands were divided among his high chieftains in widely dispersed parcels to minimize the risk of rebellion. In 1812, he took a final tour of his kingdom and then settled at Kailua-Kona, where he mixed avid sport fishing with statecraft until his death in 1819.

http://www.mythichawaii.com/ancient.htm

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'4th walk of the day for Angels pitching'...Verlander winning for the Astros...passed ball...ball gets by Calhoun...triple...run scores...Tigers 7-0..."splintered people'...hmmph...that's us all over...Trout up...top of 8th...Pujols with an rbi double...Upton scored...Tigers 8-1...Simmons up...rbi single...Tigers 8-2...

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Malietoa King (Samoan pronunciation: [maːɾiɛˈto.a] Mālietoa, of Samoa colloquially [maːɾieko'a]) is a state dynasty and chiefly title in Samoa. Literally translated as "great warrior," the title's origin comes from the final words of the Tongan warriors as they were fleeing on the beach to their boats, "Malie To`a, Malo e tau".. great warrior, thank you for the war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malietoa

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Valbuena up...something happened...Angels rallying...long way to go!...Kinsler up...fly out...Simmons to third...Angles make out...two runners stranded...

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The name “Zapotec” was given them by their rivals to the north, the Aztec. However, their creation tales spoke of their origins from supernatural beings from above, hence their native name Be’ena Za’a, or “people of the clouds.”"

http://ageofempires.wikia.com/wiki/Zapotec

from a war game, I think...Age of Empires...brb...

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Age of Empires focused on events in Europe, Africa and Asia, spanning from the Stone Age to the Iron Age; the expansion game explored the formation and expansion of the Roman Empire. The sequel, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, was set in the Middle Ages, while its expansion focused partially on the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The subsequent three games of Age of Empires III explored the early modern period, when Europe was colonizing the Americas and several Asian nations were on the decline. The newest installment, Age of Empires Online, takes a different approach as a free-to-play online game utilizing Games for Windows Live. A spin-off game, Age of Mythology, was set in the same period as the original Age of Empires, but focused on mythological elements of Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythology. A fourth main installment in the series, Age of Empires IV, is under development.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Empires

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hmmph...missed that one!...I think it's small enough for phones and tabs?...brb...shot up the middle...rbi hit...Tigers 8-2...thought they had already gotten to 8!...prescient...and a double by Machado...Tigers 9-2...it looks to be playable on androids...double play line out...top of 9th...well, my computer too old for newest...this game from the nineties to begin!...brb...I guess not...doesn't play on my Samsung tab...Trout up...home run!...leads AL with 18...Tigers 9-3...line out...'game one of this series goes to the Tigers'...malietoa...

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DavidDavid

OTI:notes:5/27/18

Open To Interpretation

Notes: game on...on the radio...under threat of rain...Yankees just took the field...

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The Mixtec and Zapotec peoples of the region currently known as Oaxaca regarded the flower as having mystical qualities after one grew from the corpse of the Zapotec Princess, Donaji who married a Mixtec king in a political alliance against the ever bloodthirsty Aztecs. To this day, the Oaxacan state seal still bears an image of the Primrose.

https://lorissarinehart.com/2018/02/10/city-plants-evening-primrose/

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found that doing primrose searches last night...in the wee hours!...Cozart...bloop base hit...lead off man on...Trout up...field is soggy...most sites telling the story, a very much Romeo and Juliet story relate a different flower---flower of Madonna...and it is a charming story, but with typical Mesoamerican gruesomeness!...here's link to wiki's take to Donaji's sad tale...Trout K...Simmons fly out...Ohtani up...3 for 19...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oaxaca_City

Ohtani against Tanaka...2-2...K...and then I got to looking at Zapotec things...the Zapotecs may have been the precursor to the Toltecs, and the Toltects to the Mayans...and the Zapotecs have towns on the Pacific Coast...Oaxaca...bottom of 1...Richards pitching for Angels...and I got to looking at Zapotec figurines to see if they have the Toltec/Mayan butterfly pectoral...lead off single for Yankees...and realized, looking at the many figurines, that many of them had on the same looking pectorals...oh, I thought, they are like clan logos...the medieval Japanese are famous for these...for sometime a catalog of Mesoamerican pectorals!...and then, and then, I remembered Aztec shields, like the ruler, 'smoke shield', and did 'Aztec shield' searches, thinking they too would have clan ideographs...and then!, I remembered model war gamers have the best stuff...and found a game sight that has a brief catalog of Aztec shields...

Painting Guide for Aztec and Texcalan Shields

By Steven Thomas on 9 Dec 2003 | Last Updated 4 Jun 2017 

 

http://balagan.info/painting-guide-for-aztec-and-texcalan-shields

 

Stanton K...one out...runner on...the war gamers make wonderful miniature Aztec warriors, and to go along with them, dioramas with Aztec towns while battles are in progress...along with all the details on how combat was conducted...war gamers are nothing if not meticulous...military precision being what it is!...oh...Judge walked...runners on first and second, Gardner...google images have these 'toys'...anyway, there is on shield what caught my eye, and many others!, as it is reproduced for jewelry, tattoos, and such...brb...foul out...two out...

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C4%ABmalli

 

they're called Chumali...one on end on the right...brb...

 

On the right (Pic 2) is an illustration from the Codex Mendoza (original in the Bodleian Library, Oxford) showing “The Brave Ticocyahuacatl” (one of the titles for a warrior-prince). (Above him is the classic Aztec 4-arrows+shield motif associated with warfare and the Aztecs’ tribal god Huitzilopochtli). His shield bears the commonly seen stepped fret design that could be used with a number of different costumes.

Picture 4 (Click on image to enlarge)

The same design was reproduced in Aztec and Mixtec jewellery - a beautiful illustration of this can be found in the Codex Tepetlaoztoc (Pic 3 - notice the 4 arrows and shield!)






http://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/artefacts/chimalli

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the fringes hanging down are leather, kind of like a Greek/Roman leather armor skirt, and part of the shield...but what's  curios is the design!...Yankees made out...Angels two out...quiet inning...bottom of 2nd...

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Geometrical scroll patterns like the Vitruvian scroll are found very widely in many cultures, and probably often developed independently.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meander_(art)

"greek key/meander" it's called...and the shield not only has that, but that 'fret' that looks like a little staircase...let me see if I can find that one!...Richards in trouble...wild pitched a runner over to second, I think...listen a sec to catch up...full count 3-2...W...two on with one out...

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Xicalcoliuhqui (also referred to as a "step fret" or "stepped fret" design and greca in Spanish) is a common motif in Mesoamerican art.^[1][2][3][4] It is composed of three or more steps connected to a hook or spiral, reminiscent of a "greek-key" meander.
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Xicalcoliuhqui chimalli, are shields featuring a single iteration of the stepped fret motif which were painted or covered with featherwork.^[4] They are depicted frequently in the Codex Mendoza, and many other central Mexican codices, usually with the xicalcoliuhqui design shown in yellow and green.^[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xicalcoliuhqui

maybe I could do wikis!!!...K...two out...the shield is said to represent the sun...I think of these meanders as the day waxing and waning from day to night, and the years waxing and waning from one season to another...they go way back, right to the beginning...Richards got through...to top of 3rd...a cold windy misty day...Calhoun up...ground out...Young up...in for Upton...Upton got hit in the arm last game...fly out...

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Note for teachers and pupilsif you want to find out more about Aztec military costumes, try looking at some of the websites created by ‘Wargaming’ keenies, using hand painted model figures; some of them really go to town on their research! The one below is quite superb, with a downloadable illustrated essay.

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war gamers are notorious!...Trout fly out...Altuvi lead off hit...bottom of third...Richards apparently likes trouble...somewhere in that shield site, which is extensive, is an explanation of what the 'fret' is...North American symbol list have it that it can be snow or clouds...there's a thought, which I mentioned, that modern 'emojii' are on their way to becoming a new pictoral language...

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Visual communication has become so widespread in the Internet age that now we even supplement or replace written language through emoji, emoticons, stickers, or GIFs.

https://medium.com/@catherineannemoore/emoji-as-visual-literacy-cbebe37cb99c

the Mesoamerican costumes are such that were a emojii bulletin board!...and if they had a universal hand language, they could likely communicate across languages, which were so numerous as to be a certain barrier...

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The word xicalcoliuhqui (Nahuatl pronunciation: [ʃikaɬkoˈliʍki]) means "twisted gourd" (xical- "gourdbowl" and coliuhqui "twisted") in Nahuatl.^[1][2][10] The motif is associated with many ideas, and is variously thought to depict water, waves, clouds, lightning, a serpent or serpent-deity like the mythological fire or feathered serpents, as well as more philosophical ideas like cyclical movement, or the life-giving connection between the light of the sun and the earth, and it may have been a protection against death, but no single meaning is universally accepted.^[ It is also possible that the motif represents the cut conch shell which is an emblem of Ehecatl, the wind god, an aspect of Quetzalcoatl.^[6][11] It seems likely that the multivalent nature of the symbol gave rise to its potency and longevity.^[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xicalcoliuhqui

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hmmph...another wild pitch!...an exasperation!...runner on third...3-0...

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 However, what makes Mitla unique among Mesoamerican sites is the elaborate and intricate mosaic fretwork and geometric designs that cover tombs, panels, friezes and even entire walls. These mosaics are made with small, finely cut and polished stone pieces which have been fitted together without the use of mortar. No other site in Mexico has this.^[

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitla

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oh...bases were loaded...walks in a run..doggone it Scocia!...why dangle poor Richards like that...he just didn't have it today...well, what do I know...hmmph...reading about Mitla reminds me of the Church on top of the Pyramid...Spanish destroy things and build churches on the sites...oh...Alverez in to pitch and hits a batter...another run...ground out..fc...and another run in...Yankees 3-0...gloomy like the weather in New York!...

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Today the pyramid at first looks like a natural hill surmounted by a church.^[1] This is the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios (Church of Our Lady of Remedies), also known as the Santuario de la Virgen de los Remedios (Sanctuary of the Virgin of Remedies), which was built by the Spanish in colonial times (1594) on top of the prehispanic temple. The church is a major Catholic pilgrimage destination, and the site is also used for the celebration of indigenous rites. Many ancient sites in Latin America are found under modern Catholic holy sites, due to the practice of the Catholic Church of repurposing local religious sites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Cholula

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Yankees made out...top of 4th...Simmons up...lead off single...Ohtani up...too NY booos...they wanted Ohtani...the Dodgers, Seattle, everyone did...and booo...2-0...that pyramid is the biggest in the world, and is still an on going archaeological dig that hasn't scratched the surface...a smile here for the thought of an extra chamber in the Great Pyramid...there are extra Pyramids stacked beneath the outer one!...still to be researched...Cholula is pretty, high up in the mountains...a place to runaway to!...2-2...oh...this on Valbuena...K...what happened to Ohtani?...Kinsler up...double play...must have walked...on to bottom of 4th...lead off batter on...Gardner...watching Cholula youtubes...the church on top is beautiful...and huge!...these tourist clips are charming, often narrated by pretty girls...in fact, such are everywhere...see Hawaii volcano and the Physics Girl on youtube...bloop bloop bloop...K...K...K...Alverez strikes out the side...:)...top of 5th...Cholula said to have lots of ceramics...brb...Maldanado foul tip out...questioned...K...Calhoun up...ground out...two out walk for Young...Cozart up...K...bottom of 5th...trying to find pic to snag of church with the volcano in background...a natural step, I'd say, is to make pyramids to symbolize volcanos...



https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_de_Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_los_Remedios,_Cholula,_Puebla.jpg

I happened on a Mexican 'pompeii'...hard to find again...Yankees make out...Crole came in for Alverez...bullpen taking turns...Trout up...K on three pitches...seven strike outs for Tanaka...Simmons 1-1...home run!...Yankees 3-1...Ohtani...K...0-9 in series...and third out by ?...on to bottom of 6th...

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Around the year 590^[2][3] another nearby volcano, Loma Caldera, erupted and buried the village under 14 layers of ash. The villagers were apparently able to flee in time – no bodies have been found – although they left behind utensils, ceramics, furniture, and even half-eaten food in their haste to escape.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joya_de_Cer%C3%A9n

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that's cool...a peek at everyday folk and how they lived...

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Of great importance was the discovery of manioc fields, the first time manioc cultivation had been found at a New World archaeological site.^[

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Manioc???...two ground out two outs...oh, introduced to Polynesia by Europeans...changed batteries...missed Yankee at bats...no score...top of 7th...Chapman up in the bullpen...10 straight hits by Altuve on ?...lead off hit...Chapman sat...Calhoun up...fly out...second out...Young up...Altuve is on the Astros...ten hits in row...what's record...Dropo, Tigers, with 12...third out...to bottom of 7th...I happened on a site which thought Indians in Louisiana were in contact with the Mayas...brb...

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The ceramic cooking balls and stone fishing net weights at Poverty Point are identical to the stone cooking balls and stone fishing net weights at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands of Scotland.

https://peopleofonefire.com/mesoamerican-civilization-may-have-originated-in-louisiana.html/comment-page-1

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site has pic of these 'balls'...they look like the cog wheels in Bower's Museum...see yesterday's post....those too thought to be fishing net weights...hadn't thought they could be for cooking...seems any old stone would do for that...Angels up...Cozart up...lead off walk...Trout up...author of that site has the Mysterions all a twitter...leads off in the first episode of America Unearthed...watched that on youtube...kind of an ancient astronauts thing...but he is well versed...and maybe on to things...fc Trout...Cozart out...double play...to bottom of 7th...two outs for Yankees...this is a closer game than it seems!...but Angels just aren't getting base runners around...nothing like last night!...Torrez up...the rookie trouble maker...long fly out to Trout...winds blowing in...to top of 9th...missed an Angel at bat?...Ohtani up...one wonders if all the Indians in the Americas didn't have some connection to one another...that they some how crossed the language barriers...each tribe was so protective of its turf, that there wasn't much moving around...if you did, you did like the Aztecs...conquering everyone as you went along...1-0...has not had a hit in the Yankee series...fump...Chapman pitching again...2-1...3-1...foul...3-2...W...that's good!...we need two runs to tie!...Marte up...batting for Valbuena...0-1...0-2...but, there's something going with trade...site has it much trade between Mexico and North America...Maya blue...brb...

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Despite time and the harsh weathering conditions, paintings colored by Maya blue have not faded over time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_blue

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America Unearthed has it the special clay for the paint was from Georgia...reminds me of lapis lazuli pigment coming from Afghanistan...K...Kinsler up...wp...Ohtani to second...out of double play danger...sorta...line drive could happen...K...down to their final out...Maldanado up...wp...Ohtani to third...not much to that...need another base runner to get around...2-0...take take take...oh...popped foul...2-2...gloom...fans are rising to their feet...fast ball foul...ground out...hmmph...to Detroit tomorrow morrow...

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DavidDavid