How ancient Mayan shell decor led to a new look at freshwater mussels south of the border – Research News https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/mayan-freshwater-mussels/
The ancient Maya are not particularly known for their love of freshwater mussels. Mathematics, maize, pyramids and human sacrifice, yes. But bivalves? Not so much. Yet Florida Museum of Natural History archaeologists Ashley Sharpe and Kitty Emery could not sift through a single bag of material fr
him – they would bring fresh specimens from the field if he would complete the DNA
