The Ch’orti’ Maya Area: Past and Present

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“An very important addition to the bookshelves of Mayanists and someone interested in long-term processes of culture change.”–Edward Schortman, Kenyon College

“Spans time, space, and disciplines to present well-rounded and actively contested views of the southeastern Guatemala and the northern frontier areas of Honduras and El Salvador. The diversity of the authors and their themes brings something for each and every reader, including the Ch’orti’.”–Judith M. Maxwell, Tulane University

The Ch’orti’ area–positioned in present-day Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador–used to be once the southernmost region of the ancient Maya world. Though thousands of years of tumultuous change have altered the face of the region drastically, many Ch’orti’ have preserved their identity and maintained strong cultural ties to their past, and the region most often continues to practice traditions with Ch’orti’ roots.

The Ch’orti’s’ connection with the Maya past and brand new-day struggles with poverty and cultural encroachment have made the once little-studied Ch’orti’ the most important subject of anthropological research. The Ch’orti’ Maya Area presents a holistic, multidisciplinary and long-term have a look at these people, their culture, and the region itself. Highlighting research from leading scholars world wide, this collection is an impressive exploration of the history of human habitation in the area from approximately 3,000 years ago to the present.

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