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Time, History and Ritual in a K’iche’ Community: Contemporary Maya Calendar Knowledge and Practices in the Highlands of Guatemala
This work analyzes ritual practices and knowledge related to the Mesoamerican calendar with the aim of contributing to the understanding of the use and conceptualization of this calendar system in the contemporary K’iche’ community of Momostenango, in the Highlands of Guatemala. The research presented here discusses the indigenous calendar system, forms of synergy between the Christian and the Highland Guatemalan calendar, the indigenous perception of history and continuity in time-related symbolism.
Van den Akker argues that the social role of cultural anthropologists and archaeologists is to contribute to the ongoing process of cultural healing and spiritual recovery of the peoples that suffer(ed) from colonization and oppression. This study therefore places an emphasis on cultural continuity and approaches the continuation of Maya calendar practices as a possible tool for restoring breaks in social memory, which are caused by dramatic events such as colonization.
- All authors
- Akker, P. van den
- Supervisor
- Jansen, M.E.R.G.N.
- Co-supervisor
- Sachse, F.
- Committee
- Hofman, C.L.; Kolen, J.C.A.; Adelaar, W.F.H.; Chuchiak, J.F.; Carlin, E.B.; Llanes Ortiz, G.D.J.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Heritage and Rights of Indigenous Peoples , Archaeology , Leiden University
- Date
- 2018-04-24
- Title of host publication
- Archaeological Studies Leiden University
- Publisher
- Leiden: Leiden University Press
- ISBN
- 9789087283094
Publication Series
- Name
- 42