Life, ritual, and religion among the Lacandon Maya
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Life, ritual, and religion among the Lacandon Maya
(Wadsworth modern anthropology library)
Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1990
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Bibliography: p. [142]-147
Description and Table of Contents
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This book should be of interest to undergraduate courses in anthropology and religion.
Table of Contents
An introduction to the Lacandon Maya. The conquest of the Yucatan and origins of the Lacandon. Social organization in Naja. Lacandon subsistence and economics. Ritual objects and sacred places. The Lacandon gods. The Balche ritual. Sacrificial symbolism in Lacandon Ritual. Rites of birth and death. Lacandon culture and the future. Mayan texts of Lacandon myths and prayers. Ethnographic films on the Lacandon. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.
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