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The Tzeltalessay 1969 • Villa Rojas, Alfonso
Tzeltal • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This article, written by a professional anthropologist with fieldwork experience among the Tzeltal, is concerned with the people, their culture and society. Data pertain to environment, culture history, technology, food, social structure, political o...The Maya of east central Quintana RooBook 1945 • Villa Rojas, Alfonso
Maya (Yucatán Peninsula) • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
The subtribe of X-Cacal in Quintana Roo was selected for study as an illustration of one end of the folk-urban continuum in Yucatan. Since the group was isolated, the Villa Rojas supposed their culture might be more stable and unmodified. However, he...Notes on the ethnography of Tzeltal communities of ChiapasBook 1939 • Redfield, Robert & Villa Rojas, Alfonso
Tzeltal • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is an account of Tzeltal communities dealing specifically with community structure, political organization, economics, and religious festivals. The source was written on the basis of Villa Rojas's 34 day fieldwork and further supplemented by bot...Chan KomBook 1962 • Redfield, Robert & Villa Rojas, Alfonso
Maya (Yucatán Peninsula) • Middle America and the Caribbean > Maya Area
This is an intensive study of the folk culture of the village of Chan Kom, located in the north central part of the Yucatan peninsula. The basic presentation is in twelve chapters concentrating successively on the village and its setting; history; to...