ANT210H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Tuff, Ceiba, Ancient Astronauts
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Chapter 9 the fantasy of ancient astronauts. Hypothesis that extraterrestrial aliens were responsible for the technological achievements of ancient human beings. For him, the coffin lid is a clear representation of a space suited alien piloting a spacecraft. He doesn"t understand the cultural context of the artifact, he doesn"t recognize the mayan symbols in the carving of the ceiba tree and the earth monster. Actually, a dead mayan king represented in a position between life, the ceiba tree above him, and death, the earth monster below. The individual depicted on the lid and buried in the tomb, info provided by the mayan"s, was. Pacal, ruler of the ancient city of palenque from a. d. 615 until his death and placement in the tomb of the base of a pyramid. Daniken and his followers, are wholly ignorant of mayan beliefs and therefore came up with unsupported speculation concerning the lid. South america: von daniken about nazca lines,
