Zinacantan : A Maya Community in the Highlands of Chiapas / Evon Z. Vogt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vogt, Evon Z., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mayas.

Chiapas (Mexico).

Zinacantán (Mexico).

Local Subjects:

Chiapas (Mexico).

Mayas.

Zinacantán (Mexico).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (762 p.): 8 Ktn.

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Zinacantan".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

Tables

Part I / Geographic and Cultural Setting

1 / The Highlands of Chiapas

2 / Tzotzil Prehistory and History

Part II / Material Culture and Economics

3 / Subsistence Activities

4 / Houses

5 / Clothing

6 / Trading and Other Economic Activities

Part III / Social Structure

7 / Social Groupings

8 / Settlement Patterns

9 / The Life Cycle

10 / Relationship Systems

11 / The Cargo System

12 / The Political System

Part IV / Religious Beliefs and Rituals

13 / Cosmology and Ancient Gods

14 / Myths

15 / Catholic Churches and Saints

16 / Human Souls and Animal Spirits

17 / Sacred Places

18 / Ritual Symbols

19 / Witchcraft

20 / Shamanistic Rituals

21 / Cargo Rituals I

22 / Cargo Rituals II

Part V / Some Principles and Processes

23 / Replication

24 / Encapsulation

25 / Implications for Cultural Change

Appendixes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index

Appendix I / Harvard Chiapas Project Field Workers, 1957-1968

Appendix II / Tzotzil Phonemes

Appendix III / Zinacanteco Names

Appendix IV / Tzotzil Texts

Appendix V / Case Descriptions of Shamanistic Rituals

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

0-674-43688-1

OCLC:

1013936252