@wyatt_h_knott Actually, the Aztecs invented rubber, which was re-invented in the 1800s. I just found out about that myself.
Aztec, Maya Were Rubber-Making Masters?
Ancients blended plant juices to get bouncier or tougher rubber, study says.
By Rachel Kaufman
Published June 30, 2010
"Ancient civilizations in much of #Mexico and #CentralAmerica were making different grades of rubber 3,000 years before Charles #Goodyear 'stabilized' the stuff in the mid-19th century, new research suggests.
"The #Aztec, #Olmec, and #Maya of #Mesoamerica are known to have made rubber using natural latex—a milky, sap-like fluid found in some plants. Mesoamerica extends roughly from central Mexico to Honduras and Nicaragua.
"Ancient rubber makers harvested #latex from #RubberTrees and mixed it with juice from #MorningGlory vines, which contains a chemical that makes the solidified latex less brittle."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/XMpwr
#AncientTechnology #SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalTechnology #IndigenousHistory
“Dark ages” often reveal more about modern assumptions than past realities.
In Mesoamerica, collapse was followed by continuity, adaptation, and new cultural formations. 📜
The past rarely disappears—it transforms.
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https://brewminate.com/mesoamerican-dark-ages-collapse-and-resilience/
Indigenous Mayan smoking a traditional cigar, Mexico, 1958
Il volo sacro dei Totonachi, un rituale millenario capovolto tra il cielo e la terra
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=44163
#tradizioni #danze #religione #venerazione #aztechi #messico #mesoamerica #Veracruz #popoli #società #usanze #rituali #volo #salto #vertigini #pericolo #storia #colonialismo #cultura #pali #rotazione
In principio, vigeva l'indeterminatezza. Condizionato dalla situazione meteorologica che non poteva controllare, né realmente prevedere, l'agricoltore dei territori mesoamericani non poteva fare altro che subire i problematici risvolti di un ambiente totalmente disinteressato ai fondamentali bisogni
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