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War in the land of true peace : the fight for Maya sacred places
- Title
- War in the land of true peace : the fight for Maya sacred places / Brent K.S. Woodfill.
- Author
- Woodfill, Brent
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xxvi, 295 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "For the ancient and modern Maya, geographic features like caves, mountains, springs, and abandoned cities are viewed as powerful entities who need to be given regular offerings. As a result, Guatemala's Northern Transversal Strip has been a battle ground between foreign powers and local independence movements over several thousand years"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "A curious reverence for localities" -- Power, ritual, and the living landscape -- The Precolumbian history of the Northern Transversal Strip -- The colonial and early republican history of the Northern Transversal Strip -- The reoccupation of the Northern Transversal and the shadow of violence and commerce -- Archaeological sites as sacred geography : Cancuen and Salinas de los Nueve Cerros -- The Candelaria Caves -- The Cave of Hun Nal Ye -- Other sacred places in the Northern Transversal Strip : San Juan Hill, Oxlaju' Ha', Juliq', and B'omb'il Pek -- Manifesting foreign hegemony in local ritual practice -- The struggle for local autonomy through the lens of ritual and sacred geography -- Conclusions, challenges, and hopes for the future.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-5812
- ISBN
- 9780806162812
- 0806162813
- LCCN
- 2018040954
- OCLC
- 1051135713
- Author
- Woodfill, Brent, author.
- Title
- War in the land of true peace : the fight for Maya sacred places / Brent K.S. Woodfill.
- Publisher
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-5812