The Maya Cities of Campeche - Part One
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- The three videos on the ancient Maya cities of the Mexican State of Campeche are a continuation of the programs on The People of One Fire, which explore the Pre-Columbian history of Mexico. They are based on trips that Architect Richard Thornton made in the late 20th century. Most of the images of Maya cities come from the first visit in the summer of 1970, when Richard received the first Barrett Fellowship ever awarded by Georgia Tech's School of Architecture. He took over 2500 slides, plus over 200 color prints. Richard has supplemented these slides with architectural renderings, more recent photographs and contemporary satellite imagery.
The videos on Campeche are quite different than those of other regions of Mexico, because at that time, most of the archaeological zones were not served by public transportation. Richard was forced to hire a Jeep and a guide, but in the process, had extraordinary experiences that could never be replicated by travelers to the region, who arrived by tour bus or two-wheel-drive vehicles. Most of the sites were only accessed by Jeep trails. In fact, most of the "state highways" in central and eastern Campeche were essentially one lane dirt roads.
Throughout those journeys, Richard lived in Maya huts and generally ate meals, cooked by Maya women. Despite having almost no money, the skilled Maya farmers grew an abundance of vegetables, corn, fruits and meat. You will see a Campeche landscape that is now "gone with the wind."
Your work is so underrated, this needs more audience!
The local academicians ignore me, but so what? I am not doing it for the money - there is none! LOL
So glad to see some new content!
Most of these slides are 51 years old. They deteriorated while in a rental storage bin . . . that's how long I went basically homeless after being evicted from my home in Jasper, GA on Christmas Eve by Fannie Mae. It takes me a while to restore them to the point, where they are suitable for UA-cam. Just bear with me. It is a miracle that they and the daily journal I kept in Mexico still exist. Well, it's a miracle that I stille exist after that ordeal. LOL
@@peopleofonefire9643 I've been following you for a few years and I'm a more informed individual as a result. I remember getting emails from people of one fire. Wasn't it a blog of some type? Glad you're still around poking the bear.
@@leadfarmer4284 We have had a more professional looking website for several years. The Americas Revealed. It has a much broader scope than the People of One Fire newsletters that I sent out before the Great Recession. The URL is ApalacheResearch.com Have a great week! RT
Great work, Richard!
Great job!
Your research has helped greatly in me making the connections to the Mayan ancestry of Virginia natives. Our history here has been so criminally under research and overwritten. My elders spoke to me about the traditions of making Brunswick stew in the country out in rural McKinny VA/Dinwiddie county/Brunswick county which is Appamatuck/Saponi Powhatan/Nottoway land. I have also heard that chief of the Powhatan was Mayan.
Specifically I believe that the leading class of the Powhatan Kingdom of Virginia were Chontal Maya.
@@gamecreaterdude13 Probably related to the Mayas via the Creeks. Remember Powhattan was very tall - as are the Creeks. In the 1600s, the Kingdom of Apalache (proto-Creeks) ruled a confederacy, extending northward into western Virginia. The Tamahiti Creeks (Tomahitan in Algonquin) then occupied much of western Virginia. After the Cherokee War broke out, they returned to Georgia. Tamahiti is a pure Itza Maya word, meaning "Merchant or Trader - People." I have no doubt that your suspicions are correct. While working as an architect on Katie Couric /Jay Monhan's house and political consultant James Carville's house - both near the Shenandoah River - we unearthed Mesoamerican type artifacts, which the University of Virginia's Department of Anthropology refused to even look at.
@@peopleofonefire9643 what a shame. I would love to have a glance at those artifacts
@@gamecreaterdude13 This was in 1990-1992. All of the artifacts were given to the property owners.