Teaching in Hyogo

I feel kind of weird writing this because I feel like I'm talking to myself, but I'll try.... I guess. Tokyo airport is very annoying. At least to me. But I hate all airports, so i guess I can't really say that. I wish that I could say that I was in in a great apartment building and eating some traditional Japan-like food, but I'm in the back of a my friend's car driving there. I'm really tires from the long flight, so it's good bye for now.

Reggie's Maya Collapse Theroy

-mahogany pollen from forest found in farming bog The Maya civilization (especially Copán) collapsed because of an attack by an other Toltec army. The biggest clue was that a temple was only half finished. The Mayan built temples for their ceremonies and for the gods. Only something terrible could have halted the construction of a temple. It also happened to be the last temple built in Copán. Skulls reveal signs of malnutrition, meaning that their food was stolen, destroyed, they didn't have time or energy to grow food, or they couldn't get access to their food supply. The Mayas were farmers, but a kind of pollen (mahogany pollen) that was only found in the forest was found in a farming bog. Little evidence of this pollen was found in that spot before 1250 AD. This most likely means that something forced the farming people to go into the forest where they would usually not go or live. The houses were also ruined by farming erosion, again providing evidence that the Mayan farmed. It even provided evidence of over farming of the hillsides. The webpage says that "at some point, these houses were abandoned." Not many things could push anyone to abandon their homes to go into the forest where food is scarcer. The only reason they they must have done it is if they thought that it was safer to go there. All of this evidence suggests that an unexpected attack weakened the Mayas only just enough for their civilization to fall.

The Chavin Tribe

Above- This is a Chavin stone head.

Left- this is a jade carving showing a winged god.

The Inca

This is a gold mask.

This is a stone ceremonial knife.

This is an Inca alpaca

Far Left- These are two gold plated Inca artifacts