Traditional interpretations of Maya warfare have focused on the ritual aspects of war,
including the necessity of taking captives for sacrifice. Captives are a common theme on …

Despite recent developments in epigraphy, ethnopoetics, and the literary investigation of
colonial and modern materials, few studies have compared glyphic texts and historic Maya …

Introduction… había gente que hablaba el idioma… había… pero todos esos ya murieron…
todos…(Sebastián Hernández 27.10. 2000) Languages die with those who speak them …

Although it was common in Mesoamerica to adopt foreign deities from other pantheons, less
is known about the processes of “translating” foreign deities as a function of the divinities' …

Spatial, ethnic, and linguistic variables, together with shared community experiences, are
key components of collective identities and definitions of nation. However, these are equally …

The Rab'inal Achi, a Maya drama originating in the sixteenth century, contains an encoded
discourse about the human body. Using four components—the heart, the whole body, the …

Inherent to warfare are armed conflict and an acknowledged enemy against whom one is
fighting. Yet relations with that enemy are defined as much in the discourse of war as on the …

Esta tesis propone una lectura histórica y estética de la práctica teatral de México y Canadá.
Para ello, se adscribe a una noción de presencia indígena que se interpreta como aparición …

Of all the Mesoamerican gods, Xipe Tótec has probably stimulated the most interest and
controversy among contemporary culture historians. Just the name, composed of two …

Robert M. Carmack documentary sources Nicholson so strongly advocated over his long
and productive scholarly career as a Mesoamerican ethnohistorian. The K'iche documentary …