Book
Maize cultivation in northwestern Guatemala
Contributions to American Anthropology and History • 6 (509) • Published In 1940 • Pages: 83-263 , 38 photographs on 8 end plates
By: Stadelman, Raymond.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2019
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Maya Area
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Unknown
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Eleanor Swanson ; John Beierle ; 1976
- Field Date
- 1937-1938
- Coverage Place
- Todos Santos; Cuchumatan; Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala
- Notes
- compiled by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, from data collected in the field by Raymond Stadelman
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125)
- LCSH
- Mam Indians/Corn--Guatemala
- Agriculture--Guatemala--Huehuetenango (Guatemala : Dept.)