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"And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms."
"And they also had horses, and asses, and there were elephants and cureloms and cumoms; all of which were useful unto man, and more especially the elephants and cureloms and cumoms."
"There has hitherto been some question as to the identity of certain stone carvings , similar to that on Stela B from Copan , of which a portion is shown in Pl . 25 , fig. 8. This has even been interpreted as the trunk of an elephant or a mastodon, but is unquestionably a macaw's beak. " - 1910, Alfred Marston Tozzer and Glover Morrill Allen
Animal Figures in the Maya Codices, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Volume IV, Number 3, (Cambridge: The Peabody Museum, 1910), pgs 25 & 343 (google books)
In 1910, this "elephant" was officially declared "a Stylized Parrot"
In 1910, this "elephant" was officially declared "a Stylized Parrot"
And, in 1924, Alfred Maudslay (who had actually excavated the site) , hotly disagreed with the Peabody Museum...
"In 1915 all three of us [A. Maudslay, Dr. W. H. R. Rivers and Mr. W. Perry] had become convinced that there was no longer any room for doubt as to the reality of the diffusion across the Pacific of the essential elements out of which the Pre-Columbian civilization of America had been built up."
In the same year (1915) Maudslay published Elephants and Ethnologists, illustrated with his own drawings - pgs 4-5
"The ethnologists who claim that the creature represented is not an elephant but a macaw rely entirely on the most obscure, most crudely modelled and most damaged of the four profiles to explain their argument"
--- Alfred Maudslay, Elephants and Ethnologists, 1924, pgs 8-9
I wrote a letter to Nature , which was published on November 25th, 1915 (p. 340), calling attention to the fact that upon a stone monument at Copan, in Honduras, a sculptor, working several centuries before Christopher Columbus set out to discover the New World, had carved the picture of an unmistakable Indian elephant ridden by an equally characteristic turbaned mahout.
With their reputation challenged, the Peabody museum team returned,
...and "found" that someone had mysteriously "vandalized" the tops of both elephants...
Consequently, the Peabody team concluded that "no conclusive decision could be made" and so their "stylized blue macaw" theory would stand. Dispite Alfred Maudslay's protests and official drawings.
But, if you look carefully... two of the men are still there!
But, if you look carefully... two of the men are still there!
Considering the accuracy of Alfred Maudslay's other illustrations (modern photographs), why would anyone take exception with this single drawing?
In the same year (1924) G. Elliott Smith pointed out the obserdity of the Peabody argument, because on the nearby Stela D, BOTH a "macaw" and an "Elephant" appear on the same monolith. -- Elephants and Ethnologists, p.82-83
In the same year (1924) G. Elliott Smith pointed out the obserdity of the Peabody argument, because on the nearby Stela D, BOTH a "macaw" and an "Elephant" appear on the same monolith. -- Elephants and Ethnologists, p.82-83
This, despite the fact that The Scarlet Macaw appears on another building (Structure 10L-10) in the same Copan complex...
This, despite the fact that The Scarlet Macaw appears on another building (Structure 10L-10) in the same Copan complex...
Second Witness... G. Elliott Smith
Second Witness... G. Elliott Smith
Image: 4400g - Kerr Portfolio
File date: 2000-10-11
Caption: Copan Ball court macaw
Description: Maya Copan, Honduras. The Scarlet Macaw on Structure 10L-10 of Ball court A-III. View from the north. The macaw is on the west side. Restored in 1988 by the Copan Mosaics project under the direction of Barbara Fash.
The builders of Copan clearly knew how to depict a Macaw...
The builders of Copan clearly knew how to depict a Macaw...
Third Witness...
Third Witness...
There are "tusks" on the "Macaw" in the famous "Table of 96 Glyphs" in Palanque...
There are "tusks" on the "Macaw" in the famous "Table of 96 Glyphs" in Palanque...
However, modern tourists are NOT allowed to see this original stone,
However, modern tourists are NOT allowed to see this original stone,
They are presented instead with Peabody Museum propaganda:
They are presented instead with Peabody Museum propaganda:
The "Rubbing" & "Photograph" are particularly disturbing,
The "Rubbing" & "Photograph" are particularly disturbing,
because whomever made them, INTENTIONALLY REMOVED the "tusk"
because whomever made them, INTENTIONALLY REMOVED the "tusk"
Archaeologists have clearly lied about "elephants" in Mayan artwork, so... we might ask
Archaeologists have clearly lied about "elephants" in Mayan artwork, so... we might ask
"What else have they lied about?"
"What else have they lied about?"
ANIMAL CARVINGS
ANIMAL CARVINGS
FROM
MOUNDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
BY
HENRY W. HENSHAW pgs. 153-58
HENRY W. HENSHAW pgs. 153-58
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
https://scienceviews.com/ebooks/AnimalCarvingsHenshaw/index.html
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
https://scienceviews.com/ebooks/AnimalCarvingsHenshaw/index.html
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