The Ch'ol Maya of Chiapas

The Ch'ol Maya of Chiapas / edited by Karen Bassie-Sweet, with Robert M. Laughlin, Nicholas A. Hopkins, and Andrés Brizuela Casimir.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bassie-Sweet, Karen, 1952- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Chol Indians > Mexico > Chiapas > History.
Chol Indians > Religion.
Chol Indians > Antiquities.
Chiapas (Mexico) > Antiquities.
Chiapas (Mexico) > Religious life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface and acknowledgments / Karen Bassie-Sweet
  • Introduction / Nicholas A. Hopkins
  • Part I. The Ch'ol Region and its History
  • 1. History and conquest of the pre-Columbian Ch'ol and Lacandón Ch'ol / Karen Bassie-Sweet, Nicholas A. Hopkins, and Robert M. Laughlin
  • 2. The colonial to twentieth-century period in the Ch'ol region / Nicholas A. Hopkins, Karen Bassie-Sweet, and Robert M. Laughlin
  • Part II. Archaeology of the Ch'ol Region
  • 3. The pre-Columbian sites of the Ch'ol region / Karen Bassie-Sweet, Robert M. Laughlin, and Nicholas A. Hopkins
  • 4. Archaeological survey of the Joljá caves and Nuevo México Cave / Christina T. Halperin and Jon Spenard
  • 5. The paintings of Joljá Cave 1 / Karen Bassie-Sweet, Marc Zender, Jorge Pérez de Lara, and Stanley Guenter
  • Part III. Ancient and Contemporary Deities of the Ch'ol Region
  • 6. The family of ancient creator deities / Karen Bassie-Sweet and Nicholas A. Hopkins
  • 7. Ancient thunderbolt and meteor deities / Karen Bassie-Sweet and Nicholas A. Hopkins
  • 8. Contemporary mountain, thunderbolt, and meteor deities / Karen Bassie-Sweet, Nicholas A. Hopkins, Robert M. Laughlin, and Alejandro Sheseña
  • Appendix: Ch'ol folktales.

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