Dig It - 5/29/25

Hey Fellow Seekers, today we are going to take another visit down south to the Land of the Hot Chocolata Sun, Mesoamerica. You know chocolate was invented down there. This plate is actually a tripod and would once have held food, possibly feast food like tamales. The image in the center of the plate is of a ruler enthroned on a jaguar-skin-covered bench. The ruler has his right hand outstretched, with the palm down. On his wrist is a tied piece of red cloth or paper, perhaps representing blood from a self-sacrifice. He wears an elaborate headdress made up of red cloth or feathers with white shell or bone appendages and possibly green Quetzal feathers on the back. On the sides of the plate are four glyphs possibly representing jaguars, the sign of a ruler. This plate is from the Mayan Late Classic period, A.D. 600 to 900. It is amazing how bright and vivid the colors are on this thousand-plus-year-old plate. It is like time stood still. -Lonesome Out.