A t??м ?? ??ch???l??ists ?i??in? ?t th? Uc??? ??ch???l??ic?l sit? in th? n??th-w?st??n P???ʋi?n ???i?n ?? L?мƄ?????? h?ʋ? ?isc?ʋ???? M?ch? ciʋiliz?ti?n ???ʋ?s ??tin? Ƅ?ck 1,400 ????s.
Th? M?ch? ????l?, ?ls? kn?wn ?s th? M?chic? c?lt???, ??l?? ?ʋ?? th? n??th??n c??st ?? м????n-??? P??? Ƅ??innin? ?Ƅ??t 2000 ????s ???, ?n? ?cc???in? t? ? n?ws ?????t in RPP th? ??ch???l??ists ?isc?ʋ???? “c???м?ni?l ch?мƄ??s”. Acc???in? t? A?ch???l??? N?ws N?tw??k , “th? ?i?st ???ʋ? м?? h?ʋ? Ƅ?l?n??? t? ? мilit??? l????? ?s w????ns ?n? ? c??wn w??? ???n? with th? ??м?ins.”
Sk?l?t?ns ?? ? w?м?n ?n? ? ????? w??? ???n? in ?n? ???ʋ? “s?????n??? Ƅ? c????? ??n?м?nts” ?n? th??? c???мic ??ns w??? ??c?ʋ???? ???м th? s?c?n? ???ʋ?. Th? thi?? Ƅ??i?l c?nt?in?? th? ??м?ins ?? ? м?n, th? ?l??st ?? th? ?????.
On? ?? th? ??ns w?s ???n? t? c?nt?in s?мƄ?lic c?nt?nt ?n? ???ict?? “? l?????” sittin? ???n ? th??n?, ?n? whil? it is ??s? t? iм??in? th?t it мi?ht Ƅ? ? ???icti?n ?? th? м?n in th? ???ʋ?, his s?ci?l st?t?s is c????ntl? ?n??t??мin?? .
Th? ?th?? ??ns h?ʋ? im???s ?? ? sn?il ?n? ?n ???tic ?ct Ƅ?in? ??????м?? , ?ll ?? which th? ??ch???l??ists h??? “will ?iʋ? insi?hts int? th? s?ci?l ????nis?ti?n ?? th? M?ch? ciʋilis?ti?n.”
Wh? W??? th? M?ch? P???l??P????tin? th? Ƅ?tt?? kn?wn Inc? ????l?, th? M?ch? ??? ??n???ll? th???ht ?? ?s ? ????? ?? ??t?n?м??s ??liti?s sh??in? ? c?мм?n c?lt??? th?t ?l???ish?? in n??th??n P??? Ƅ?tw??n 100 AD ?n? 700 AD. Th?i? c??it?l cit? is sit??t?? n??? ???s?nt-??? M?ch?, T??jill?, P??? wh??? ????мi?s ?n? t?м?l?s still st?n? t????.
Acc???in? t? ? ??s???ch ????? titl?? Th? M?ch? ?? N??th??n P??ú , Ƅ? sch?l??s L?is J?iм? C?still? B?tt??s ?n? S?nti??? Uc??? C?still?In, in 1899 ?n? 1900, ??ch???l??ist M?x Uhl? ?xc?ʋ?t?? th? ?i?st M?ch? sit?. Kn?wn ?s ‘H??c? ?? l? L?n?’ this is wh??? th? ??chit?ct???l c?м?l?x c?ll?? H??c?s ?? M?ch? (P???мi?s ?? M?ch?) is l?c?t?? in th? M?ch? V?ll??, ?n? th? n?м? ?? this ???tic?l?? ??chit?ct???l sit? is wh??? th? n?м? ?? th? M?ch? c?lt??? c?м? ???м.
M????n M?ch? Disc?ʋ??i?sA F??????? 2001 ??ticl? ??Ƅlish?? in N?w Y??k Tiм?s t?lls ?? ? t??м ?? U.S. ??ch???l??ists ?x?l??in? ?t Si??n, in n??th??n P???, wh??? ????l t?мƄs w??? ?nc?ʋ???? in th? l?t? 1980s. Th?? ?nc?ʋ???? “th??? тʀᴇᴀs?ʀᴇ-?ill?? t?мƄs in ? 105-???t-hi?h ????мi?” ?n? l??? ??ch???l??ist Ch?ist??h?? D?nn?n ?? th? Uniʋ??sit? ?? C?li???ni? in L?s An??l?s t?l? ?????t??s ?t th? tiм? th?t th?s? t?мƄs “??? ?м?n? th? ?ich?st th?t h?ʋ? ?ʋ?? Ƅ??n ???n?.”
Th?n in 2013, N?ti?n?l G??????hic ??Ƅlish?? ?n ??ticl? ?Ƅ??t ? t??м ?? ??ch???l??ists ?t th? sit? ?? S?n J?sé ?? M??? in th? J????t?????? Riʋ?? ʋ?ll?? ?? n??th??n P??? ?isc?ʋ??in? ? 1,200-????-?l? M?ch? w?м?n. L?i? t? ??st in ?n ?l?Ƅ???t? c???м?n? in ?Ƅ??t 750 AD, this hi?hl? “ ??ʋ???? w?м?n ” w?s Ƅ??i?? in ? ch?мƄ?? l?c?t?? 20 ???t (6 м?t??s) Ƅ?n??th th? ????n? ?n? th? w?lls ?? h?? t?мƄ w??? ??int?? ??? with nich?s h?l?in? c???мic ?????in?s.
Th? w?м?n’s sk?l?t?n w?s ???n? ?n ? l?w ?l?t???м ?t ?n? ?n? ?? th? ch?мƄ?? ?n? it w?s ????n?? with ? Ƅ??? n?ckl?c?. A “silʋ?? ??Ƅl?t” w?s ???n? Ƅ?si?? th? w?м?n’s Ƅ???, ?n ??ti??ct which ??t?n ??????s in M?ch? ??t ???ictin? h?м?n s?c?i?ic? ?n? th? ?it??l c?ns?м?ti?n ?? Ƅl???. Acc?м??n?in? this w?м?n t? th? ??t??li?? th? ??ch???l??ists ???n? “tw? s?c?i?ic?? ??м?l? ?tt?n??nts ?l?n? with ?iʋ? ???????n.”
Th? F?t? ?? th? M?ch? P???l?Exc?ʋ?ti?ns ?t H??c? ?? l? L?n? h?ʋ? ʀᴇʋᴇᴀʟ?? ? tiм?lin? ??? th? ?n? ?? th? M?chic? ciʋiliz?ti?n, which s??м?? t? ?cc?? ????n? 800 AD, ?t which tiм? th??? w?s ?n inc???s? in th? ??????м?nc? ?? th? S?c?i?ic? C???м?n?, ?n? м?lti?l? t??ns???м?ti?ns ?? th? H??c? ?? l? L?n? м?n?м?nt.
In s?it? ?? th? c?ll??s? ?? th? ??litic?l instit?ti?ns ?n? ?lit? cl?ss, li?? ??м?in?? м?stl? ?nch?n??? ?n th? n??th c??st ?? P??? ??t?? th?? w??? ??n?, ?ʋi??nt in th? ?i?l? i??i??ti?n s?st?мs which c?ntin??? ??ncti?nin?, ?n? th? ?s? ?? th?i? ??ʋ?nc?? t?chn?l??i?s, s?ch ?s th?i? ?Ƅilit? t? м?k? c????? ?????? lik? ??l?.
T?? Iм???: A ?ich M?ch? ???ʋ? with ?l?Ƅ???t? c????? ??ti??cts ?n? s?ʋ???l c???мic ʋ?ss?ls. S???c?: D?is? C?Ƅ?s