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Ch'orti'-Maya Survival in Eastern Guatemala
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Brent E. Metz
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: UNM Press

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An ethnographic study of the Ch'orti' Maya of Guatemala and their reformulation of their history and identity.
Ch'orti'-Maya Survival in Eastern Guatemala
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Brent E. Metz
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-05-01 - Publisher: UNM Press

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Scholars and Guatemalans have characterized eastern Guatemala as "Ladino" or non-Indian. The Ch'orti' do not exhibit the obvious indigenous markers found among
Religious Transformation in Maya Guatemala
Language: en
Pages: 436
Authors: John P. Hawkins
Categories: Mayas
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

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Drawing on over fifty years of research and data collected by field-school students, Hawkins argues that two factors--cultural collapse and systematic social an
Hemispheric Indigeneities
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: Miléna Santoro
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-01 - Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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Hemispheric Indigeneities is a critical anthology that brings together indigenous and nonindigenous scholars specializing in the Andes, Mesoamerica, and Canada.
Breath and Smoke
Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Jennifer A. Loughmiller-Cardinal
Categories: Mayas
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

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Breath and Smoke explores the uses of tobacco among the Maya of Central America, revealing tobacco as a key topic in pre-Columbian art, iconography, and hierogl