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Subject(s)

• Mayas [Browse]
• Mayas—History [Browse]
• Mayas—Religion [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Series

• Civilization of the American Indian series v. 99. [More in this series]
• Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 99 [More in this series]

Summary note

In this ethno-historical approach to Maya history and religion, the author correlates data from colonial writings and observations of the modern Indian with archaeological information in order to extend and clarify the panorama of Maya culture.--From publisher description.

Bibliographic references

Bibliography.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Putun (Chontal Maya) expansion in Yucatan and the Pasión drainage
• The Maya central area at the Spanish conquest and later : a problem in demography
• The eastern boundary of the Maya area : placements and displacements
• Tobacco among the Maya and their neighbors
• Trade relations between Maya highlands and lowlands
• Lowland Maya religion : worship
• Lowland Maya religion : the major gods
• Lowland Maya religion : less known and alien gods
• Maya creation myths.

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ISBN

0806108843

LCCN

^^^72088144^//r83

OCLC

1034893159

RCP

H - S

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