The cultural daybreak

The Mokayan people – People of the corn – can be called the grandmother of the culture. Assoring to archaeological investigation evidences the Mokayas were between 1800 and 1200 b.C. the first Mesoamerican tribe, which had a cultural progress, leaving vestiges at the coastal zone of Chiapas and Guatemala.

The Mokayas discovered the qualities of jade and made little representations of animals of the rainforest and their marshy environement (1-A a 1-G), which were used as symbols of power and elements for their richness, associated in necklaces.

This reproductions were localized by the New World Archaeological Foundations in “Paso de la Amada”, an archaeological site near the Pacific Ocean, 30 km from Tapachula, Chiapas.

In 1600 b.C. this archaeological site had about 2500 inhabitants. (H. Castellanos)