Ritual Continuity and Transformation in Mesoamerica: Reconstructing the Ancient Maya Cuch Ritual

The use of ethnohistoric and ethnographic data in interpreting evidence for prehistoric ritual activity is highly controversial in Mesoamerican circles. This paper traces the long history of a Maya ceremony identified as the cuch rite. Although transformations in characters and symbols have occurred...

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Main Author: Pohl, Mary D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 1981
In: American antiquity
Year: 1981, Volume: 46, Issue: 3, Pages: 513-529
Further subjects:B Girard, René (1923-2015)
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