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Tortillas for the gods
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Evon Zartman Vogt |
For nearly 20 years, the author observed rituals in Zinacanteco society (Chiapas, Mexico). Those rituals organize life into a four stage cycle. Prestige (as determined by age and wealth) is also a fa… |
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Beneath the stone
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Bernard Wolf |
The customs and daily life of the small village of Oaxaca, Mexico, are shown through the eyes of a six-year-old Zapotec Indian boy. |
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Codex Chimalpahin
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Domingo Francisco de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin Cuauhtlehuanitzin |
"Essential two-volume translations of recently discovered examples of Chimalpahin's work held by the Bible Society Library at Cambridge Univ., given in parallel with transcriptions of Nahuatl texts. … |
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Mayo ethnobotany
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David Yetman |
"This book contains a comprehensive description of northwest Mexico's tropical deciduous forests and thornscrub on the traditional Mayo lands reaching from the Sea of Cortes to the foothills of the S… |
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Life around the lake
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Maricel E. Presilla |
Depicts how the Tarascan embroiderers around Lake Pátzcuaro in central Mexico are adapting to modern life. |
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Mundo olmeca
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Ignacio Bernal |
Examines Olmec art, society, and religious beliefs. Traces the efflorescence and decline of the Olmecs, but insists on the basic unity of all Mesoamerican civilization. |
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