Today we activate Scoot's sense of justice as we discuss what led up to the Mayan book burning of 1562. Grab a drink, have a listen!

Music is thanks to the incredibly talented and amazing Teresa Suydam!!

Sources:

https://popular-archaeology.com/article/burning-the-maya-books-the-1562-tragedy-at-mani/

https://www.loc.gov/collections/discovery-and-exploration/articles-and-essays/the-1562-map-of-america/

https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/spanish-invasion/burning-maya-books

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_de_Landa

https://archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2012/collection/groiler-dresden-codex/the-maya-sense-of-time/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/church-history/article/abs/providence-and-perdition-fray-diego-de-landa-justifies-his-inquisition-against-the-yucatecan-maya/F5FF333C8905795EEEBAFDA2711D174A

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4638023?seq=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization#Writing_and_literacy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n_Cort%C3%A9s#Early_career_in_the_New_World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_Yucat%C3%A1n

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-da-f%C3%A9

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