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The Maya sky, the Maya worldBook 1999 • Sosa, John R.
Maya (Yucatán Peninsula) • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
Sosa worked closely with Yucatec Mayan shamans, observing and recording a variety of rituals including rain, first fruit, and Day of the Dead ceremonies; and Fiestas and curing practices. He carefully analyzes the patterns of ritual movement, structu...Cosmological, symbolic and cultural complexity among the contemporary Maya of Yucatanessay 1989 • Sosa, John R.
Maya (Yucatán Peninsula) • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This article is a summary of Sosa's dissertation (see document no. 12). He discusses the quadrilateral structure of the Mayan world and how it is defined by the daily and yearly movement of the sun. He then discusses how this structure is duplicated ...Culture summaryessay 2001 • Sosa, John R. & Skoggard, Ian
Maya (Yucatán Peninsula) • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is a culture summary of the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula....