Massive 1,100+ year old Maya site discovered in Georgia's mountainsThe archaeological site would have been particularly attractive to Mayas because it contains an apparently dormant volcano fumarole that reaches down into the bowels of the earth.  People of One Fire researchers have been aware since 2010 that when the English arrived in the Southeast, there were numerous Native American towns named Itsate in Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and western North Carolina.  They were also aware that both the Itza Mayas of Central America and the Hitchiti Creeks of the Southeast actually called themselves Itsate . . .  and pronounced the word the same way.  The Itsate Creeks used many Maya and Totonac words.  Their architecture was identical to that of Maya commoners.  The pottery at Ocmulgee National Monument (c 900 AD) in central Georgia is virtually identical to the Maya Plain Red pottery made by Maya Commoners. 
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on Dec 22, 2011 -
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