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Classic Maya Civilization
Classic Maya Collapse
contemporary Maya community analysis
cultural resilience studies
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Forensic Anthropology
Guatemala City
Guatemalan Military
HDI
highland anthropology
indigenous ethnography
indigenous identity formation
Kaqchikel Language
Kaqchikel Mayan
La Violencia
language
Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis
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Maya Ceremonies
Maya Culture
Maya Language
Maya Religion
Milpa Agriculture
Milpa Plots
Nontraditional Export Crops
pan-Maya Movement
patron
peoples
political violence research
Popol Vuh
religious syncretism
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Snow Peas
Town Hall
Town's Patron Saint
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Town’s Patron Saint
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367318208
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This case study of a highland Guatemala town examines what it means to be Maya in a rapidly changing and globalized world. In providing an historical synopsis of the Kaqchikel Maya from pre-Columbian and Colonial times to the present day, this volume focuses on the dynamics of clutural boundaries in light of the use of the Kaqchikel language versus
Edward F Fischer is professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Cultural Logics and Global Economics and the series editor for the Westview Case Studies in Anthropology. Carol Hendrickson is professor of anthropology at Marlboro College and is the author of Weaving Identities.
