Climate variability and human activities have shaped the vegetation communities of the
Maya region of southern Mexico and Central America on centennial to millennial timescales …

The site of Cancuen held a strategic position as “head of navigation” of the Pasión River and
the physical nexus of land and river routes between the southern highlands, the Maya …

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the issue of diseases and other health-related
issues as it concerns pilgrimage and religious tourism to mass religious events. First, this …

Abstract In Mexico, pilgrimages to Catholic sanctuaries are a common cultural practice.
Considering the relevance of Izamal sanctuary for the regional context of the Yucatan …

This wide-ranging introduction to the anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean
offers broad coverage of culture and society in the region, taking into account historical …

Although romanticized as the last of the ancient Maya living isolated in the forest, several
generations of the Lacandon Maya have had their lives shaped by the international oil …

Pilgrimage instigates relationships between phenomena that produce hierophanies, or
sacred, enchanting experiences. In this paper I argue that pilgrimage scholars should focus …

Ancestral Maya engineered wetland fields and canals in floodplains for plant cultivation and
water management. Canals and reservoirs, however, also provide aquatic resources to …

Fortified sites, sanctuaries, deities, and community were interconnected in Mesoamerican
warfare practices and theology. This article examines the archaeological patterning and …

Clay tokens, or small geometric artifacts, from ancient Near Eastern sites have been
interpreted as counters for economic transactions for more than 75 years. I challenge this …