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13th century Maya codex, long shrouded in controversy, proves genuine

By Guest PostDecember 15, 2016Science13th century, ancient america, anthropology, cave in chiapas, fourth maya codex, grolier club, grolier codex, maya archeology, maya codex, Mexico, stephen houston

Brown University’s Stephen Houston and a team of leading researchers in anthropology and Maya archeology methodically verify the authenticity of the oldest known manuscript in ancient America.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] —The Grolier Codex, an ancient document that is among the rarest books in the world, has been regarded with skepticism since it was reportedly unearthed by looters from a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, in the 1960s. (more…)

Army drug users twice as likely to use synthetic marijuana as regular marijuana

By Guest PostJuly 1, 2014Generalalcohol, cave in chiapas, fourth maya codex, grolier club, grolier codex, hazard, holiday parties, maya archeology, maya codex, social work, spice, spirit up, synthetic marijuana, university of washington

Social work researchers from the University of Washington have found that among a group of active-duty Army personnel who use illicit drugs, the most abused substance is synthetic marijuana, which is harder to detect than other drugs through standard drug tests. (more…)