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"These are our roots" : the history of the K'iche' people as told by lords of the Tamub' and Ilokab' / translations by Allen J. Christenson.
Penn Museum Library PM4231.Z95 E5 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Mayan languages
- Subjects (All):
- Quiché Indians.
- Quiché Indians--History.
- Quiché Indians--Government relations.
- Historia Quiché de D. Juan de Torres. English (Christenson).
- Título de Cristóbal Ramírez. English (Christenson).
- Título de Pedro Velasco. English (Christenson).
- Título de los Ilokab. English (Christenson).
- Historia Quiché de D. Juan de Torres--Quiché.
- Historia Quiché de D. Juan de Torres.
- Título de Cristóbal Ramírez--Quiché.
- Título de Cristóbal Ramírez.
- Título de Pedro Velasco--Quiché.
- Título de Pedro Velasco.
- Título de los Ilokab--Quiché.
- Título de los Ilokab.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- primary sources.
- Translations
- Primary sources.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 321 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2026]
- Language Note:
- K'iche text with English translation.
- Summary:
- "This book translates and analyzes historical documents composed by Tamub' and Ilokab' nobles of the K'iche' Maya in 16th-century Guatemala, providing alternative perspectives to Kaweq lineage writings through indigenous texts"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Tamub' and Ilokab' people
- Highland Maya land titles
- Christianity, accommodation, and resistance
- History of the Tamub' and the Ilokab'
- The poetic structure of the Titles of the Tamub' and Ilokab'
- Orthography
- History of the K'iche' by Don Juan de Torres (Tamub' I)
- English translation
- Literal English translation with parallel K'iche' text in modern orthography
- K'iche' text with original sixteenth-century orthography
- The Title of Crist̤bal Ram̕rez (Tamub' II)
- Partial transcription of the sixteenth-century Spanish manuscript
- Title of Pedro Velasco (Tamub' III)
- Title of the Ilokab'
- Genealogy of the Tamub' and Ilokab' lineages.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version These are our roots
- ISBN:
- 9781646428304
- 1646428307
- OCLC:
- 1570226091
- Publisher Number:
- 90104535213
- CIPO000390637
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