Time and the Highland Maya (Hardcover, Rev Ed)

Described as a landmark in the ethnographic study of the Maya, this study of ritual and cosmology among the contemporary QuichA(c) Indians of highland Guatemala has now been updated to address changes that have occurred in the last decade.

The Classic Mayan obsession with time has never been better known. Here, Barbara Tedlock redirects our attention to the present-day keepers of the ancient calendar. Combining anthropology with formal apprenticeship to a diviner, she refutes long-held ethnographic assumptions and opens a door to the order of the Mayan cosmos and its daily ritual.

Unable to visit the region for over ten years, Tedlock returned in 1989 to find that observance of the traditional calendar and religion is stronger than ever, despite a brutal civil war.

a. . . a well-written, highly readable, and deeply convincing contribution. . . .aaMichael Coe

General

Imprint:	University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 1992
First published:	March 1992
Authors:	Barbara Tedlock
Dimensions:	241 x 159 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	293
Edition:	Rev Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8263-1358-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN:	0-8263-1358-2
Barcode:	9780826313584

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