Return to Ixil : Maya society in an eighteenth-century Yucatec town

Return to Ixil : Maya society in an eighteenth-century Yucatec town / Mark Christensen and Matthew Restall.

Author/creator	Christensen, Mark Z. author.
Other author/creator	Restall, Matthew, 1964- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Louisville, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Description	xiv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Mayas--History --18th century --Sources. Mayas--Social conditions --18th century --Sources. Indians of Mexico--Mexico --Yucatán (State) --History --18th century --Sources. Indians of Mexico--Mexico --Yucatán (State) --Social conditions --18th century --Sources. Wills--Mexico --Yucatán (State) Ixil (Mexico) Ixil (Mexico)--Social life and customs.

Contents	Notaries and the making of testaments in Ixil -- Defending and governing Ixil -- Ixil's economic life -- God in Ixil -- Family in Ixil.
Abstract	"An examination of 100+ previously unstudied colonial-era Maya wills from the Yucatec town of Ixil. These testaments--some of the only surviving documentation of colonial inhabitation--offer unprecedented depictions of material and spiritual life from 1738 to 1779 and are rare and rich resources of Maya language"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	Sources.
LCCN	2019018475
ISBN	9781607329213 hardcover
ISBN	1607329212 hardcover
ISBN	electronic book

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F1435 .C574 2019	✔ Available	Place Hold