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Death as a way of lifearticle 1967 • Nash, June C.
Tzeltal • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
In this article Nash reports on her study of 37 homicides between 1938 and 1965 in the town of 'Teklum,' a fictitious name given to the Tzeltal community where she lived in 1964 and 1965. The cases were analyzed on the basis of various components: wh...In the eyes of the ancestorsBook 1970 • Nash, June C.
Tzeltal • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This book describes and analyzes changes taking place in the 1950s and 1960s in the Tzeltal community of Amatenango del Valle (Tzo?ontahal). These changes were in the economy, relationships to the Mexican government and the surrounding Ladino populat...The change of officials in Tzo?ontahal, Chiapas, MexicoBook 1970 • Nash, June C.
Tzeltal • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This monograph presents a structural-functional analysis of Tzeltal behavior based on the rituals of the inauguration of civil and religious officials in the community of Tzo?ontahal, Chiapas, Mexico. Much of the data presented in this work was gathe...