Now, probably, every child knows that turkey for Americans - it's like Olivier for the Russians! However, Olivier, we are preparing for the New Year holidays, and Americans prepare the turkey by Thanksgiving. It seems that over the territory of America (including its core positioned between the North and South America) soars a real turkey spirit, forcing everyone who lives in the area, to give preference to the turkey meat.
The fact that zooarheologi the University of Florida discovered an interesting fact about turkeys. It turns out that this bird was domesticated by the ancient Maya, and it happened almost two and a half thousand years ago - that is, a thousand years earlier than previously thought.
"Discovered bones turkeys are an important finding, as Maya did not keep many pets. They preferred to withdraw domestic crop and source of animal protein for them is the wildlife," - said the head of a leading study, Dr. Erin Thornton.
Thornton noted that initially the period when the Maya domesticated turkey was incorrectly defined, and the error was very high. "This kind comes from ancient Mexico, which was outside the lands inhabited by the Maya. And this kind of Europeans brought to his time in Europe.
Thus, all domestic turkeys come from Mexico, "- shared the information scientist. Researchers studied ancient remains found turkeys, compared the bone structure and DNA of modern birds and identified as the birthplace of the first domestic turkeys has been the central and northern part of Mexico.
According to Thornton, the findings of scientists are able to shed light on Coy any details of daily life of the Maya. In addition, the nature of the arrangement of bones turkeys suggests that these birds had for Maya and some sacred significance, since it seems that they are not only used in food, but also sacrificed. The fact that many bones were found in the largest Mayan city-states, called El Mirador. This city is well known for its huge temple complex, one of the largest in the architecture of the Maya.
"This study is of great importance, and I think that it allows a whole new way to look at the Maya and their nature of domestication of wild animals, - said Professor Mary Paul from Florida State University. - I find particularly interesting the fact that the bones were turkeys found in the environment for these special Mayan pyramids. People are very often treated turkeys only as another meat dish, but these birds may have a special role in the rituals of sacrifice. this is evidenced by the fact that turkeys brought to the temples from afar ".
The fact that zooarheologi the University of Florida discovered an interesting fact about turkeys. It turns out that this bird was domesticated by the ancient Maya, and it happened almost two and a half thousand years ago - that is, a thousand years earlier than previously thought.
"Discovered bones turkeys are an important finding, as Maya did not keep many pets. They preferred to withdraw domestic crop and source of animal protein for them is the wildlife," - said the head of a leading study, Dr. Erin Thornton.
Thornton noted that initially the period when the Maya domesticated turkey was incorrectly defined, and the error was very high. "This kind comes from ancient Mexico, which was outside the lands inhabited by the Maya. And this kind of Europeans brought to his time in Europe.
Thus, all domestic turkeys come from Mexico, "- shared the information scientist. Researchers studied ancient remains found turkeys, compared the bone structure and DNA of modern birds and identified as the birthplace of the first domestic turkeys has been the central and northern part of Mexico.
According to Thornton, the findings of scientists are able to shed light on Coy any details of daily life of the Maya. In addition, the nature of the arrangement of bones turkeys suggests that these birds had for Maya and some sacred significance, since it seems that they are not only used in food, but also sacrificed. The fact that many bones were found in the largest Mayan city-states, called El Mirador. This city is well known for its huge temple complex, one of the largest in the architecture of the Maya.
"This study is of great importance, and I think that it allows a whole new way to look at the Maya and their nature of domestication of wild animals, - said Professor Mary Paul from Florida State University. - I find particularly interesting the fact that the bones were turkeys found in the environment for these special Mayan pyramids. People are very often treated turkeys only as another meat dish, but these birds may have a special role in the rituals of sacrifice. this is evidenced by the fact that turkeys brought to the temples from afar ".
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