who says that the prehispanic people didn't know the wheel?... well, this piece with other similars, were found at an archaeological site named Cihuatán,This site is from the postclassic period (900 a.C. - 1500 a.C) that begins with the migrations of nahuas culture from the mexican altiplano after the great mayan collapse, Cihuatán is from 900 to 1100 a.C.The archaeologists says that this figures were used for children, in common life, the wheel was not used as we a tool to take us to everywhere... no no no, it was used just to play and at this kind of representations.
You can visit this website to read more about the Cihuatán and the investigations:
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~kbruhns/cihuatan/welcome.html
2 comments:
wow! it's interesting! also i've seen airplane model made by ancient egyptian. it's amazing!
Really amazing! Useful information. All the best.
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