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Cosmological, symbolic and cultural complexity among the contemporary Maya of Yucatan
World archaeoastronomy : selected papers from the 2nd Oxford International Conference on Archaeoastronomy, held at Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 13-17 January 1986 • Cambridge [cambridgeshire] • Published In 1989 • Pages: 130-142
By: Sosa, John R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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 and expressed symbolically in rituals and in the key symbol of the cross.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious beliefs
- Organized ceremonial
- Ideas about nature and people
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maya (Yucatán Peninsula)
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Maya Area
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1982-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1982-1983
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Yacolbá, Yucatán, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- John R. Sosa
- Meeting Name: Oxford International Conference on Archaeoastronomy (2nd :1986 : Mérida, Mexico)
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87035400
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mayas