Time and the Highland Maya by Barbara Tedlock
Described as a landmark in the ethnographic study of the Maya, this study of ritual and cosmology among the contemporary Quiché 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 well-written, highly readable, and deeply convincing contribution. . . ." --Michael Coe
Barbara Tedlock is a Research Associate at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe and a Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dorothy Doyle Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to her and her husband, prominent antropologist Dennis Tedlock, by PEN New Mexico in 2006.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826313584 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826313582 |
| Title | Time and the Highland Maya |
| Author | Barbara Tedlock |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
| Year published | 1992-03-30 |
| Number of pages | 293 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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