My review of the book The True History of Chocolate by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe #Aztecs #bookreview #cacao #cacaobean #CentralAmerica #chocolate #colonialera #colonialism #genocide #history #Mayans #nonfictionbooks #Olmecs #SouthAmerica #Spaniards
"'The mountain-cave-mouth symbolic complex acquired a high iconographic value throughout Mesoamerica from very early times, giving rise over the millennia to increasingly complex sets of images,' according to a book written by the father-son scholarly duo Alfredo Lopez Austin and Leonardo Lopez Lujan."
Back in Mexico, 'Earth Monster' Sculpture Points to Ancient Beliefs
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/back-mexico-earth-monster-sculpture-points-ancient-beliefs-2023-05-27/ via Reuters
Photo via Reuters
#Olmec #Olmecs #Mexico #Mesoamerica #Anthropology #Archeology