{"id":37909,"date":"2022-09-28T05:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T10:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/?p=37909"},"modified":"2022-09-28T05:50:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T10:50:01","slug":"todos-los-miembros-de-la-sociedad-maya-usaban-el-cacao-en-su-vida-diaria-y-no-solo-la-realeza-sugiere-un-estudio-rt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/todos-los-miembros-de-la-sociedad-maya-usaban-el-cacao-en-su-vida-diaria-y-no-solo-la-realeza-sugiere-un-estudio-rt\/","title":{"rendered":"Todos los miembros de la sociedad maya usaban el cacao en su vida diaria y no solo la realeza, sugiere un estudio | RT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Arque\u00f3logos analizaron fragmentos de cer\u00e1mica de la \u00e9poca hallados en zonas donde viv\u00edan personas de distinto estrato social en busca de restos de la planta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6332eda3e9ff71582c1655dd-1024x577.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6332eda3e9ff71582c1655dd-1024x577.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6332eda3e9ff71582c1655dd-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6332eda3e9ff71582c1655dd-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/losperiodistas.com.mx\/portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/6332eda3e9ff71582c1655dd.jpeg 1104w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Pintura en un jarr\u00f3n maya. Justin Kerr \/ Mayavase.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">RT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Todos los miembros de la sociedad maya usaban el cacao en su vida diaria y no solo la realeza, tal y como se cre\u00eda hasta ahora, seg\u00fan un&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/full\/10.1073\/pnas.2121821119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">art\u00edculo<\/a>&nbsp;publicado este lunes en la revista cient\u00edfica Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.<br><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Un grupo de arque\u00f3logos decidi\u00f3 analizar 54 fragmentos de cer\u00e1mica datados del 600 al 900 d. C. pertenecientes a frascos, cuencos para mezclar, platos para servir y jarrones que se cree que eran recipientes para beber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las piezas fueron halladas en \u00e1reas civiles residenciales y ceremoniales de diversos tama\u00f1os y estatus en los centros urbanos, laderas, tierras altas y el valle alrededor de la&nbsp;<strong>antigua ciudad maya de El Pilar<\/strong>, ubicada en el territorio que hoy en d\u00eda es la frontera entre Guatemala y Belice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los investigadores buscaron un compuesto denominado teofilina, que se encuentra en peque\u00f1as cantidades en la planta, para detectar la presencia de cacao. Descubrieron que m\u00e1s de la mitad de las muestras examinadas lo conten\u00edan, independientemente del tipo de cer\u00e1mica o el contexto social en el que se hubiera encontrado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Un preciado producto<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.russiatoday.com\/actualidad\/public_images\/2022.02\/thumbnail\/61fa9c5a59bf5b2b563ed451.jpg\" alt=\"Hallan el lugar donde los mayas hac\u00edan crecer sus arboledas sagradas de cacao\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/418782-descubrir-lugar-mayas-arboledas-sagradas-cacao\">Hallan el lugar donde los mayas hac\u00edan crecer sus arboledas sagradas de cacao<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00abDurante mucho tiempo se pensaba que el cacao para los mayas era exclusivo de la \u00e9lite\u00bb,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2022\/09\/220926200718.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explic\u00f3<\/a>&nbsp;Anabel Ford, arque\u00f3loga de la Universidad de California en Santa B\u00e1rbara y autora principal del estudio. \u00abAhora sabemos que este no es el caso. Beber cacao era un lujo accesible para todos. La importancia es que era un requisito de los rituales asociados con \u00e9l\u00bb, a\u00f1adi\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El cacao, planta de la que proviene el chocolate,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/maya-cacao-ceramics-royals-currency-ritual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">era<\/a>&nbsp;un elemento sagrado&nbsp;<\/strong>para esta antigua cultura de Mesoam\u00e9rica, que lo consum\u00eda en rituales y lo usaba como moneda. El \u00e1rbol del cacao estaba relacionado con Hun Hunahpu, el dios maya del ma\u00edz. Investigaciones anteriores encontraron cacao en vasijas ceremoniales y entierros de \u00e9lite, lo que sugiri\u00f3 que su uso estaba restringido a las clases altas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ahora, Ford y sus colegas tienen la intenci\u00f3n de llevar a cabo una investigaci\u00f3n para tratar de arrojar luz sobre qui\u00e9nes se dedicaban al cultivo del cacao en la sociedad maya, ya que esas personas probablemente ten\u00edan un mayor acceso a ese preciado producto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuente: https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/442942-todos-miembros-sociedad-maya-usar-cacao<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arque\u00f3logos analizaron fragmentos de cer\u00e1mica de la \u00e9poca hallados en zonas donde viv\u00edan personas de distinto estrato social en busca 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