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Scientific analyses and experimental archaeology determine that mysterious, 1000year-old balls of clay found at Yucatn site were used in cooking
Monday, February 11, 2013
What is it?
Cooking Balls
Date
ca. A.D. 800-950
Material
Pottery
Found
Escalera al Cielo, Yucatn, Mxico.
Dimensions
1 to 2 inches in diameter, approximately the size of a handful of clay.
There is ample ethnographic evidence of these of this type of pit oven, usually lined with
stones, in the region. Its also possible that the cooking balls were heated and placed directly
into pots containing soups or stews.