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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.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Christenson, Allen J., 1957- editor, translator.
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"This book translates and analyzes historical documents composed by Tamub' and Ilokab' nobles of the K'iche' Maya in 16th-century Guatemala, providing alternative perspectives to Kaweq lineage writings through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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