Mam Maya

Middle America and the Caribbeanhorticulturalists
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The Mam Maya are contemporary Maya Indians living in southwestern Guatemala. Not since the Spanish Conquest, and perhaps never, have the Mam Maya constituted a unified polity or society. They share many cultural traits with other Maya of Guatemala but remain divided into local communities and linguistically distinct subgroups with no pan-Mam or pan-Maya identity. Since pre-Hispanic times, Mam Maya have been primarily subsistence farmers, cultivating the typical Mesoamerican crops of maize, beans, and squash. Some Mam Maya engage in small-scale coffee farming, wage labor and small-scale trading.

Identifier
Region
  • Middle America and the Caribbean
Subregion
  • Maya Area
Subsistence Type
  • horticulturalists
Samples
Countries
  • Guatemala
  • Mexico
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