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...objects out of Indian country and will cost much more to put them back. Ironically, native American science, literature, medicine, philosophy, legal institutions, governing structures and art are by and large excluded from the academic curriculum at Harvard University. The mathematical concept of zero, for instance, originated in Mayan cultures, as did sophisticated medical practices; native astronomy (including native Hawaiian astronomy) has been extremely sophisticated, as are our architectural and artistic traditions...
...found evidence of the worst drought in the past 7,000 years may help explain the unexplained collapse of the Mayan civilization. Samples of ancient mud from the bottom of a lake in the area where the Mayans lived show signs of the severe drought right around the time the Mayans mysteriously abandoned their cities. Anthropologists believe the new evidence fits the generally accepted theory that a number of factors -- drought, overpopulation, inter-city warfare and environmental collapse -- brought on the society's demise...
...resigned after two months in office, bowing to rebel calls for his resignation -- a move that Buchanan says is inconceivable without orders from Zedillo's highly-centralized national government. The president's about-face comes after an ill-fated weekend effort to hunt down Zapatista leaders, who represent poor Mayan peasants, amid international stock market jitters over the rebellion's growing political impact. "The hunt for Marcos was taking too long," Buchanan says. "The government thought that they could do away with the Zapatista movement in 72 hours, and that decisive action would make the stock market rally. Quite plainly...
Fash's main work is with the excavation of Copan in Honduras. The Copan Project is a Mayan dig whose contentsdate from the classic period...
Manuel Camacho Solis, the chief negotiator for the Mexican government with peasant rebels in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, resigned after accusing the government of trying to sabotage his efforts to find a settlement with the mostly Mayan Indians. Five days earlier, the rebels rejected the peace settlement he had proposed. The trouble in the peace talks could affect the Mexican presidential election, which will take place...