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  Vulcanization
Contrast this with typical polymer molecules in which the carbon backbone is many thousands of atomic units in length.
The history of rubber goes back to prehistoric times, when the Aztecs and Mayans bled natural rubber latex from the Hevea brasiliensis trees in the local forests, formed the gunk into balls, and played the Mesoamerican ball game with the resulting bouncy balls.
Those balls cannot have lasted much longer than the losing players.
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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Maya civilization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
Constructed in the fashion of a typical foundation platform, these were often accented by carved figures, altars and perhaps tzompantli, a stake used to display the heads of victims or defeated Mesoamerican ball game opponents.
As an integral aspect of the Mesoamerican lifestyle, the courts for their ritual ball-game were constructed throughout the Maya realm and often on a grand scale.
Much of the Mayan religious tradition is still not understood by scholars, but it is known that the Maya, like most pre-modern societies, believed that the cosmos has three major planes, the underworld, the sky, and the earth.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Maya_civilization   (4381 words)

  
 Learn more about Maya civilization in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
The Maya were part of the Mesoamerican Pre-Columbian cultures.
There is some disagreement as to the borders and difference between the early Maya and their neighboring Pre-Classic Mesoamerican civilization, the Olmec culture.
Constructed in the fashion of a typical foundation platform, these were often accented by carved figures, alters and perhaps tzompantli, a stake used to display the heads of victims or defeated Mesoamerican ball game opponents.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /m/ma/maya_civilization.html   (2569 words)

  
 Mayan Daily Life by History Link 101
Mesoamerican Ball Game NOTE: Requires Macromedia Flash Player and a fast internet connection.
Mesoamerican Housing One page with photos and illustrations on housing in Mesoamerica.
Housing Types of North America Map and illustrations of housing used by natives in North and Central America.
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