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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.

Anthropometry of a Mam-speaking group of Indians from Guatemala

The specter of death in a Guatemalan highland community

The two crosses of Todos Santos

Maize cultivation in northwestern Guatemala

Economics of a Guatemalan village

The social and religious life of a Guatemalan village

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Maya saints and souls in a changing world

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Goff, Charles Weer	Anthropometry of a Mam-speaking group of Indians from Guatemala	1948
Horst, Oscar H. (Oscar Heinz)	The specter of death in a Guatemalan highland community	1967
Oakes, Maud	The two crosses of Todos Santos	1969
Stadelman, Raymond	Maize cultivation in northwestern Guatemala	1940
Wagley, Charles	Economics of a Guatemalan village	1941
Wagley, Charles	The social and religious life of a Guatemalan village	1949
Watanabe, John M. (John Mamoru)	Culture Summary	2010
Watanabe, John M. (John Mamoru)	Maya saints and souls in a changing world	1992

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