Book
The two crosses of Todos Santos: survivals of Mayan religious ritual
Published for Bollingen Foundation, Inc. by Princeton University Press • Princeton, N.j. • Published In 1969 • Pages: xiii, 274 , 22 plates
By: Oakes, Maud.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study Stadelman provides excellent in-depth coverage of maize cultivation in the Department of Huehuetenango. Topical coverage includes land use, the yearly cycle of cultivation activities, varieties of maize planted, labor inputs, costs, and productivity. Some information is included on other crops planted. The most complete data are from the Mam village of Todos Santos, but information is given on 26 other villages and includes Jacaltec, Chuj, Ladino, as well as other Mam communities. Most of the materials are presented in tables for which the text provides an introduction and elaboration. The monograph is narrowly focused and provides little information on the social organization of cultivation or on the total subsistence pattern of the village studied. Materials that pertain to Ladino communities have been marked 000 rather than for specific categories.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Ordering of time
- Culture summary
- Sickness
- Reviews and critiques
- Spirits and gods
- Observation in research
- Rest days and holidays
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Dance
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mam Maya
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Artist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor Swanson ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1945-1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Todos Santos; Cuchumatan; Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
- NotesAdditional notes
- Maud Oakes ; introduction by Paul Radin
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-255) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 68026669
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mam Indians/Mam Indians--Religion
- Mayas--Religion
- Todos Santos Cuchumatan (Guatemala)