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AMCS Bulletin 20

Exploring Highland Maya Ritual Cave Use:
Archaeology & Ethnography in
Huehuetenango, Guatemala

Edited by James E. Brady
97 pages, softbound
2009


This volume contains eleven papers, including new studies of archaeological caves that were reported by Eduard Seler in the nineteenth century and studies of the religious and social significance of caves to the inhabitants of several towns in northwestern Guatemala.


Table of Contents

7
Preface
9
Quen Santo Revisited: Updating Eduard Seler's 19th Century Cave Studies, by James E. Brady, et al.
27
A Restudy of Cave 1 at Quen Santo, by Jenny Guerra and James E. Brady
41
New Cave Discoveries at Quen Santo, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, by C. L. Kieffer
49
The Cosmological and Social Significance of Quen Santo in Contemporary Maya Society, by Sergio Garza
55
Caves and Fish in Mesoamerica: An Initial Consideration, by James E. Brady and Sergio Garza
61
The Gendered Use of Caves in the Jakaltec and Chuj Areas, by C. L. Kieffer, et al.
67
The Chicomoztoc and Modern Jakaltek Ethnography, by James E. Brady and Arnulfo Delgado
73
A Reassessment of Ethnographic Data on Cave Utilization in Santa Eulalia, by James E. Brady and Sergio Garza
81
Aspects of Ritual Organization in Santa Eulalia, Guatemala, by Sergio Garza and James E. Brady
87
Gender Complementarity and Separation in Maya Ritual, by Sergio Garza
91
Ritual Cave Use among Q'anjob'alan Peoples in Colonial Northern Huehuetenango, by Stacey Schwartzkopf

 


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