ETHNOGRAPHY

 

GUATEMALA MYTHS Kekchi Maya ethnography and mythology of the Alta Vera Paz region, covers Maya spirits "El Sisemite," "Duende," "Moon," and more. The Museum Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3, 1915, 47 p, plus many photos showing Guatemala in 1915,

LAUGHLIN, Robert M. Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax Sundries from Zinacantan (Mexico) bi-lingual , Maya ethnography of Chiapas, Smithsonian Institution, out of print, 286 p.

 

MOYO RUBIO, Victor Jose, Mascaras: la otra cara de Mexico/ Masks: The Other Face of Mexico , (Spanish/English dual text), 231 photographs (about one-third in color) of masks, with articles covering the history and tradition, the dance and the mask in social and religious festivities as well as contemporary masks. Hardcover, 214 p.

NAVARRETE, Carlos, The Chiapanec history and culture (New World Archaeological Foundation. Publication) . Ethnography, ethnohistory and archaeology of Chiapas, NWAF # 21, 110 p.

OCHOA, Lorenzo (coordinator), TIERRA Y AGUA - La Antropologia en Tabasco, 8 color plates, 21 illustrations, 12 B&W photos, 72 p.

ROMERO Molina, Javier, CATALOGO DE LA COLECCION DE DIENTES MUTILADOS PREHISPANICOS IV parte, INAH, 190 p., thorough survey of dental decorations in ancient Mexico with lots of photos and drawings.

SATTERTHWAITE, L., "PIEDRAS NEGRAS ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHITECTURE - SWEATBATHS" Original edition (1952), a rare find with complete description, photographs, architectural drawings of all ritual sweatbath structures, including ethnographic description of the sweat ritual itself.

STROSS, B. Tzeltal Tales of Demons and Monsters (Museum Brief ; No. 24) , 40 p.

STROSS, B., Love in the Armpit: Tzeltal Tales of Love, Murder, and Cannibalism (Museum Brief ; No. 23) , 27 p. Worth buying just to find out what the Maya are really up to in their highland villages at night.

SUGIURA, Y., Yoko & SERRA PUCHE, Marie C., ETNOARQUEOLOGIA Primer Coloquio Bosch-Gimpera, 30 articles, 12 maps, 40 B&W photos, more than 100 drawings, tables & illustrations, 594 p.

 

WARMAN, Arturo & ARGUETA, Arturo, Movimientos indigenas contemporaneos en Mexico (Coleccion Mexico--actualidad y perspectivas) (Spanish Edition) , 11 articles on position of Maya and culture in present day Mexico, 239 p.

 

 

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