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I discovered a cache of what I first thought to be the seasonal tools of a Paleolithic wood worker on the evening of 5 December 1999. The cache was located between the roots of a large pine tree. The top stone is now a permanent part of the tree, the tree roots having grown around the edges of the stone. As the tree grew it brought the cache to the surface. I am now convinced that this cache is instead a time capsule commemorating the super nova that occurred during July 1054. The art form and representations of the night sky on the artifacts appear to be Maya. Of all possible Maya artifacts, the Quincunx Itz stones or boundary markers like those pictured below would be the most likely artifacts that one would find. There were two sets of these stones found on the same level in the cache. I have found over ten more examples of these celestial spheres in Oregon and California, with one six pound jade like example from Redwood City, California.
It is interesting to note that the names of the copulating peccaries (Creator Couple in the Popol Vul) are Great White Peccary and Great White Coati. Then finding a celestial sphere with them panted in white along with a white rabbit for the moon was quite remarkable. In the cache, there was a small (2.5cm x 1cm) rabbit carved out of white quartz. In the above photograph of the celestial sphere, the peccaries are at the 8 o'clock position. The four stones that represent the cardinal directions are portions of the elliptic. |
