Marking time among the Ch’orti’ Maya: an expressive act of culture

The indigenous population of Ch’orti’ Maya of southern Guatemala make use of many natural phenomena to identify and mark time. In this study I explain how Ch’orti’ organize and define the time for ceremonial, agricultural, and other purposes through the careful use of astronomical calculations and o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kerry Hull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2017-12-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/jsa/15134