by Barbara Tedlock (Author)
Described as a landmark in the ethnographic study of the Maya, this study of ritual and cosmology among the contemporary Quich Indians of highland Guatemala has now been updated to address changes that have occurred in the last decade.
The Classic Mayan obsession with time has never been better known. Here, Barbara Tedlock redirects our attention to the present-day keepers of the ancient calendar. Combining anthropology with formal apprenticeship to a diviner, she refutes long-held ethnographic assumptions and opens a door to the order of the Mayan cosmos and its daily ritual.
Unable to visit the region for over ten years, Tedlock returned in 1989 to find that observance of the traditional calendar and religion is stronger than ever, despite a brutal civil war.
. . . a well-written, highly readable, and deeply convincing contribution. . . . --Michael Coe
Format: Paperback
Pages: 309
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 15 Mar 1992
ISBN 10: 0826313582
ISBN 13: 9780826313584