Sentences with phrase «green obsidian»

Green obsidian, like all green stone, was very much valued by the Maya and was traded by sea around the Yucatan.

Especially exciting among the artifacts at San Juan was the very high percentage of green obsidian recovered.

Green obsidian comes only from the Pachuca area of central Mexico and would need to be traded all the way around the Yucatan Peninsula to reach San Juan.

Given San Juan's setting at the west side of the Bacalar Chico Canal, it is entirely possible that the green obsidian bound for northern Belize first stopped at San Juan.

Protoclassic grave goods, particularly a distinctive green obsidian and the ceramics, are directly traceable to Teotihuacan.

Often, a few pieces of green obsidian are recovered in important tombs at main land sites.

At San Juan, however, there was a high percentage of Pachuca green obsidian, which would have been transported by boat around northern Yucatan.

Not exact matches

A trio of papers released online in Science this week shows how in this technological transition, these toolmakers in the Olorgesailie Basin in Kenya chose as raw material shiny black obsidian and white and green chert, rocks they had to get from distant sources or through trade networks.

Exotic axes of green stones and other objects made of flint and obsidian were also used as grave goods.

Along with exotic obsidian, archeologists discovered green, brown or white chert rock at Middle Stone Age sites that appears to come from faraway places.

Black obsidian complements the blue - green gemstone in a necklace by Cristian Dávila.

The 2016 QX60 is available in seven exterior colors: Liquid Platinum, Black Obsidian, Hermosa Blue, Majestic White, Graphite Shadow, plus new Hagane Blue and Jade Green.

Available in the Sunset Beam (orange), Solar Beam (yellow) and Alien Green shades in the country, the SUV gets done up in the trendy shade of your choice and gets further complimented by contrasting black 5 - spoke AMG alloy wheels as well as Obsidian Black paint on the front and rear bumpers, wheel arches and the rain gutters.

Mercedes - Benz will let customers of the E 63 S choose from 8 exterior colour options - Obsidian Black, Cavansite Blue, Kallaite Green, Diamond Silver, Iridium Silver, Selenite Grey Mango, Diamond White Bright, and Hyacinth Red Metallic.

«Diamond Nine» embroidery on headrests in Obsidian black with olive green inserts matching ejection seat fabric colours in the Red Arrows Hawk

They come in Obsidian Black, Rose Gold, Aurora Blue, Grass Green and Gold color options.

It comes in Obsidian Black, Fern Green and Blue Dusk.

These include green and gray obsidian as well as pottery from Yucatan and elsewhere.

However, we found that almost 14 percent of the obsidian from San Juan was green Pachuca material.

Polychrome pottery from the mainland and trade goods from the north and south were recovered as well as artifacts of obsidian, basalt, slate and green - stones such as jade.

The original show featured seven tabletop sculptures, one for each day of the week — bizarre, hovering tableaus in which green glass mammoths march over barren obsidian - black plateaus.

This recipe was created exclusively to pair with a bottle of 2006 Obsidian Point Cabernet Sauvignon from our featured green winemaker, Benziger Family Winery.