Living Maya

by Morris Jr., Walter F.; Foxx, Jeffrey Jay

• ISBN13: 9780810927452
• ISBN10: 0810927454
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary

This acclaimed volume, now in paperback, is the first to document the life of the Maya of today, a remarkable people who are the direct heirs to the magnificent Maya culture of Pre-Columbian times. Walter F. Morris, Jr., a highly respected expert in the field, and Jeffrey Jay Foxx, a well-known ethnographic photographer, capture the spirited story of this extraordinary people, who live in Central America and southern Mexico.

Living Maya reveals daily rituals, religious ceremonies, colorful markets, and stunning landscapes. Myths, legends, and songs are explained and depicted, and there is a special emphasis on the Maya's weaving, the one art form to have persisted virtually unchanged throughout the last 2000 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Chiapas	9	(10)
The Maya in Time	19	(42)
The Highlands	36	(25)
At Home	61	(44)
The Lord's Work	72	(33)
Daughters of the Earthlord	105	(48)
Woven Clouds	120	(33)
The Ancesters' Dreams	153	(12)
The Saints' Day	165	(44)
Celebrating the Demon's Defeat	176	(33)
Epilogue	209	(5)
Selected Bibliography	214	(1)
Illustration Credits	215	(9)
As It Was in the Beginning	216	(8)
Acknowledgments	224