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(meteorobs) mesoamerica Meteor showers
In a message dated 97-01-27 17:05:04 EST, you write:
<< There are sevreal ancient pre-columbian manuscripts from Mexico (Aztec,
Maya, Mixtec...) which are astronomic in content. There are sections in
these texts which I believe refer to meteors, possibly to meteor showers. I
am fairly certain that the cultures of mesoamerica were aware that meteor
showers can be periodic, i.e. Perseids, Leonids... and that they might have
been aware of the periodic re-occurence of meteor storms such as the
Leonid's. The paper also has a list of meteor terms from all around the
world which indicate that in many localities, and in the native language of
that locality, the word for meteor etymologically means" star dung". Some
day I need to publish an update to the article.
>>
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Carlos,
Do you have this article available to email? If so, could you please send it
to me? Thanks!
George Zay