Apr 01, 2006 21:34
"Not only jade, but marble as well was worked by the lowland Maya... but it must have been a rare substance, for objects made from it are infrequent." "It is somewhat doubtful whether the well-known marble vessels fromthe Ulua region of western Honduras are to be considered as Maya at all, but fragments from them have been found in deposits assigned to the Terminal Classic in Belize and Peten sites." (148)