Episode 46 Corn is American Now
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Maya Lin - the late 20th century Ohio Artist inspired by the monumental earth mounds that she visited while growing up:
The idiocy of "it was aliens". In the 1960's, a Swiss amateur explorer looked at this intricately carved sarcophagus lid of the Mayan King Pacal - from the 7th century CE. While it depicts the King's decent into the underworld - the explorer decided this carving was of an astronaut on a crash couch inside a spaceship.
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Some of the Monumental Native American Architecture I was never told about:
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| Serpent Mound in southwest Ohio The head is at a meteor crater It also appears to work as a solar calendar It was also a work of many people - done by hand |
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| 19th Century drawing |
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| Marching Bears Effigy Mounds - in northeastern Iowa on the border with Wisconsin (the mounds were outlined in lime to emphasize the shapes for this 1979 arial photograph - the had to use an actual plane!) |
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| Early 20th century survey of the effigy mounds |
Maya Lin - the late 20th century Ohio Artist inspired by the monumental earth mounds that she visited while growing up:
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| One of Maya Lin's wave fields at Storm King, NY |
The idiocy of "it was aliens". In the 1960's, a Swiss amateur explorer looked at this intricately carved sarcophagus lid of the Mayan King Pacal - from the 7th century CE. While it depicts the King's decent into the underworld - the explorer decided this carving was of an astronaut on a crash couch inside a spaceship.
And determined that this - along with other feats of monumental architecture were due to the influence of aliens - not human ingenuity happening over and over again around the globe. The plague of "if I can't do it, or figure it out, well then, no one can. So it's impossible or only possible through the intervention of extraterrestrial interference" is with us still.
Corn Foods that are with us now:
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| A close up of the lid of K'inich Janahb Pakal's sarcophagus |
Corn Foods that are with us now:
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| Indian Pudding - original cornmeal pudding corn meal, milk, eggs & molasses |
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| Jell-O Pudding - modern corn starch pudding corn starch, dairy, sugar & flavoring |
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| Hushpuppies... Delicious savory cornmeal fritters - I like mine spiked with onion (Will have to get to the bottom of the ridiculous Ret Con that somehow these have to do with feeding dogs.) |
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| While corn whiskey is a southeast American specialty based on Scottish distilling traditions... This distilled liquor (whiskey?) is made from nixtamilized/lime treated corn. Corn is always heading in new directions. |
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With Special Thanks to Spirit Plate - hosted by Shiloh Maples
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