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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"mayans"”.
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Mayan Metate Ethnoarchaeology
… is to study modern grinding stones used by Mayans living in Guatemala to better understand manos and metates used by ancient peoples. I worked for two field seasons in Guatemala recording the life histories of manos and metates used by the Q'eqchi' and K'iche', two contemporary Mayan groups. …
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Papel de la etnicidad en la sociedad yucateca, El: una continuación del colonialismo interno en el sur de México
… compared to the very different situation of the Mayans of Guatemala. Differing greatly from Guatemala, where there exists an indigenous movement, the population of the Yucatan Peninsula does not want to identify as indigenous. In Guatemala, they utilize cultural markers which are distinctly …
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Writing the Indigenous: Contemporary Mayan Literature in Chiapas, Mexico and Palestinian Literature in Israel
… discrimination, racism and oppression of Mayans and Palestinians in the states of Mexico and Israel, respectively, are the grounds for comparison. While keeping in mind their different histories of minoritization and negotiation of indigenous citizenship in a socio-political reality of …
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La "Explanatio in Dionysium periegetam de situ orbis" de Pedro Juan Núñez. Edición crítica y estudio introductorio
… texto, en la que destaca el intento de Gregorio Mayans y otros ilustrados de publicarlo ya en el siglo XVIII, procedemos a la collatio de las variantes de los diversos testimonios hasta constituir un stemma codicum que nos sirva de base en la definitiva fijación de un texto lo más próximo posible …
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A Balanced Approach to Health: Understanding the Health Care Practices of Guatemalan Maya in the United States
<p>The Maya worldview is constructed on the concept of balance. Their traditional beliefs emphasize balancing the spiritual and physical forces in their lives to maintain equilibrium and thus, health. Nevertheless, outside forces have impinged heavily on this worldview, often shifting Maya views on …