Marking time among the Ch’orti’ Maya: an expressive act of culture
The indigenous population of Ch’orti’ Maya of southern Guatemala make use of many natural phenomena to identify and mark time. In this study I explain how Ch’orti’ organize and define the time for ceremonial, agricultural, and other purposes through the careful use of astronomical calculations and o...
Saved in:
Main Author: | Kerry Hull |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Société des américanistes
2017-12-01
|
Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15134 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Similar Items
-
Quelles frontières pour les populations cholanes ?
by: Cédric Becquey
Published: (2012-12-01) -
Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo
by: Mathieu Picas
Published: (2022-07-01) -
The plurality of temporal reckoning among the Maya
by: William F. Hanks
Published: (2017-12-01) -
Maya Intimacy with the Mountains: Pilgrimage, Sacrifice and Existential Economy
by: Jan Kapusta
Published: (2016-06-01) -
Entre rutinas cotidianas y eventos extraordinarios: las construcciones de conceptos temporales en la sociedad maya prehispánica
by: Takeshi Inomata
Published: (2017-12-01)