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Transcription: [01:18:02]
{SPEAKER name="Gordon Ekholm"}
We're becoming more and more, if you think of it as a whole.
[01:18:07]
But in general, for instance, the valley of Mexico, Oaxaca, the Maya area, have, or Veracruz, [[Olmecer?]], in the past have been considered as separate units.
[01:18:23]
The Maya perhaps, the history of Maya research is a very important example of this. I have pointed out elsewhere that when Morley wrote the ancient Maya, he discussed everything he knew about the Maya, and only in two places, or in two instances, mentioned people outside the Maya area.
[01:18:51]
Now, of course this is, this is very strange to us now. We know that the Maya were related in many ways to both the earlier Olmec, to various people to Mexico and so on.
[01:19:12]
The, ah. From my approach, the Maya were probably related very closely to all of the people of Mesoamerica throughout their history, related by not only trade - which is usually considered the most important aspect of communication between groups, but by other forms of contact as well.
[01:19:47]
In my view, the Maya, the Mexicans, the Central Mexicans and those of other groups were probably in very close contact.
[01:20:01]
I based this in part on, consider on my consideration that or, on our consideration that these people were, of a relatively -
[01:20:11]