Research Catalog

Title

The Maya of east central Quintana Roo / Alfonso Villa R.

Author

Villa Rojas, Alfonso.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1945.

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Details

Description

xii, 182 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Carnegie Institution of Washington publication ; 559

Uniform Title

Carnegie Institution of Washington publication ; 559.

Subject

• Mayas > Mexico > Quintana Roo (State) > History
• Mayas
• Maya
• Ethnologie
• Maies
• Indis de l'Amèrica del Nord > Mèxic
• Indians of Mexico > Mexico > Quintana Roo
• Quintana Roo (Mexico : State) > History
• Mexico > Quintana Roo (State)
• Quintana Roo Staat
• Quintana Roo (Mèxic) > Història
• Quintana Roo (Mexico : State) > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Bibliography: p. 179-182.
• "Remarks on a selected bibliography of the caste war and allied topics [by] Howard F. Cline": p. 165-178.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-182).

Contents

• Introduction -- Part one: Historical background (1. Quintana Roo before the conquest [Colonization ; The ancient cities ; Division of the peninsula and Cacicazgos ; The arrival of white men] ; 2. Colonial period [First attempts at conquest ; The hostility of the eastern Maya ; The conquest is completed ; The collapse of Spanish rule in Quintana Roo] ; 3. The War of the Castes and the isolation of Quintana Roo [Antecedents ; The founding of Chan Santa Cruz ; The cult of the cross ; The new Cacicazgo of Chan Santa Cruz ; The Cacicazgo of Ixkanha ; The Cacicazgo of Icaiche] ; 4. The pacification of Quintana Roo [The Treaty of Belize ; The military campaign ; General Bravo in Chan Santa Cruz ; Return of Chan Santa Cruz to the Maya Indians ; The chicle industry ; Separation of the subtribe of X-Cacal ; The first schools ; The territory in recent years])
• Part two: Ethnology of the subtribe of X-Cacal (5. The subtribe of X-Cacal [Climate and topography of Quintana Roo ; Regional differences within the territory ; The subtribe of X-Cacal ; Location and communications ; The settlements of the subtribe ; Spatial limits of the native's world ; Temporal limits of the native's world ; Origin and racial composition of the group ; Language ; Literacy ; Population ; Population changes ; Vital statistics] ; 6. The material culture [House types and techniques of construction ; Domestic furniture and utensils ; Food and its preparation ; Clothing ; Handicrafts ; Agriculture ; Poultry and hogs ; Bee culture ; Hunting] ; 7. Economic life [Maize and chicle ; Volume of maize production ; The chicle industry ; Size of the chicle crop ; Other tasks ; Production and consumption groups ; The standard of living ; Welath and opportunity ; Personal property ; Inheritance ; Property in land ; Borrowing and lending ; Wages] ; 8. Division of labor [Division of labor by sex ; Division of labor by age ; Sacred specialists ; Coperative labor ; Occupational division of time ; The yearly round] ; 9. Social and political organization [Household groups ; Kinship ; Kinship terms ; Kinship behavior ; Marriage and the choice of spouse ; Temporary matrilocal residence (haancab) ; Temporary patrilocal residence ; Godparenthood and the compadre relationship ; Political organization ; Social status ; Racial and cultural distinctions] ; 10. The pagan / Christian religious complex [Christian gods and intermediaries ; The pagan gods ; Propitiation of the supernatural ; The two ritual contexts ; The altars ; The offerings] ; 11. Agricultural ceremionies [Making the milpa ; U-hanli-chaacob, the dinner of the rain gods ; The oxdias ; The okotbatam ; The prayer of the milpa ; The primicia ; Tupp-kaka and U-hanli-col ; Rites related to beekeeping] ; 12. Catholic ritual and fiestas [Rituals and prayers ; The oxdias ; The rosary ; Novena ; Edzcunah-gracia ; Chan rezar or rezo ; Services in the shrine village ; Lent and Holy Week ; The fiesta of the patron crosses ; Subtribal fiestas in the shrine village] ; 13. Diseases and their treatment [The notion of "hot" and "cold" ; Evil winds and amulets ; Other causes of disease ; Medicines and therapeutic practices ; The purification rites of the H-men ; Santiguar and Kex] ; 14. Ceremonies and practices connected with the life cycle [Pregnancy and childbirth ; Godparenting rites ; Naming the child ; Baptism ; The hetzmek ; Childhood and adolescence ; Marriage and courtship rites ; Death and mortuary practices ; Life after death ; Hanal-pixan or All Souls' Day] ; 15. Cosmology [The origin of man ; The world and its cardinal points ; Heavenly bodies and eclipses ; Omens])
• Appendices (A: Texts of Maya prayers ; B: Translation of Maya sermons of the Talking Cross ; C: Remarks on a selected bibliography of the Caste War and allied topics / Howard F. Cline)

LCCN

45007325

OCLC

• ocm38893946
• 38893946
• SCSB-794758

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library