Umsebenzi uthunyelwe kwijenali yeAnthropology Antheology. Iimakethi kwiimarike zenza icandelo elibalulekileyo lobomi bamakhaya amathamsha amandulo (600-900 yeXesha lethu). Kuyaziwa ukuba imali yaseMayan isebenzise iimbotyi ze-cocoa, i-cotton kunye neemveliso zobhedu.
Isifundo esitsha senzululwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseLouisiana (i-USA) uHeather Mccillop uthi i-majame isebenze njengemali. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, le mveliso iyimfuneko ekusebenzeni kwesiqhelo komzimba kwaye iluncedo ekutyeni ukutya. Ukongeza, ityiwa inokuvelisa ixabiso le-maya ngenxa yokusasazwa okulinganiselweyo kwingingqi yendawo yokuhlala.
Ngo-2004, ngenxa ye-Archeology engaphantsi kwamanzi, unjingalwazi weSebe leJografi kunye ne-Anthropology kwiYunivesithi yaseLouisiana efunyenwe kumazantsi e-maya yezakhiwo zakudala ze-maya ezenziwe ngomthi kunye nengca. Bahlala ngenxa yenyani yokuba baphelelwe yi-marine lagoon, kwi-mangrove. Ukusukela ngoko, uHeather MccClop kunye neqela lakhe labafundi kunye nabafundi abaphumeleleyo sele bebangele iisayithi ezingama-70 kwimephu, engqina ukuthunyelwa kwetyiwa kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo kwetyuwa. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, iingcali zifumene iphenyane, izixhobo ezivela eJadete, izixhobo zamatye ezisetyenziselwa ukubuyisela inyama kunye nentlanzi, uninzi lweemveliso ze-ceramic. Inzululwazi ikholelwa ukuba i-maka ibilisiwe i-hydrochloride isisombululo kwi-ceramic iimbiza phezu komlilo ukufunyanwa ityiwa.
Ngokoluvo lwayo, kule ndawo bekukho uhlobo "lwesityalo" ngemveliso yetyuwa, kuba ubungakanani bemveliso bucebisa ukuba yonke iMaya yangaphantsi ayisetyenziswanga ngokucacileyo. Eyona nto inokwenzeka, baqhuba ityuwa phezulu emlanjeni. Ukongeza, unjingalwazi kunye nabafundi abaphumelele uthwemelele abafundi bee-chips ze-chips ze-ceramic yetyuwa, kwaye baphinde bavelise izitya zodongwe kumshicileli we-3D. Ngenxa yoku, bekunokwenzeka ukuba inqanawa ye-ceramic yayisetyenziselwa ukubilisa i-brine yabekwa emgangathweni, oko kukuthi, abavelisi benze iyunithi efanayo yetyuwa.
Kwaye oku kubonisa ukuba kungenzeka ukuba kuyisebenzisa njengemali. Oku kubonakaliswa ngokungathanga ngqo yiFresco, kubhalwe ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-2500 eyadlulayo kwi-Yucatatan Peninsu (iMexico) kunye nokubonisa umthengisi wetyuwa. Idatha ye-Ethnographic eqokelelwe ngo-1981 eGuatemala iqinisekisa kuphela umbono: Ityuwa kule ndawo yakudala inokuthathwa njengemveliso exabisekileyo. Kwaveliswa kwaye yathengwa, yaze yasetyenziswa njengeyunithi yemali.
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