The Ch'ol Maya of Chiapas /

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Imprint:Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2015]
Description:xxi, 251 pages ; 26 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10162786
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Other authors / contributors:Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952- editor.
ISBN:9780806147024
0806147024
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Ch'ol Region and Its History
  • 1. History and Conquest of the Pre-Columbian Ch'ol and Lacandón Ch'ol
  • 2. The Colonial to Twentieth-Century Period in the Ch'ol Region
  • Part II. Archaeology of the Ch'ol Region
  • 3. The Pre-Columbian Sites of the Ch'ol Region
  • 4. Archaeological Survey of the Joljá Caves and Nuevo México Cave
  • 5. The Paintings of Joljá Cave 1
  • Part III. Ancient and Contemporary Deities of the Ch'ol Region
  • 6. The Family of Ancient Creator Deities
  • 7. Ancient Thunderbolt and Meteor Deities
  • 8. Contemporary Mountain, Thunderbolt, and Meteor Deities
  • Appendix: Ch'ol Folktales
  • References
  • Index