Maya pilgrimage to ritual landscape : insights from archaeology, history, and ethnography /

Pilgrimage to ritually significant places is a part of daily life in the Maya world. These journeys involve important social and practical concerns, such as the maintenance of food sources and world order. Frequent pilgrimages to ceremonial hills to pay offerings to spiritual forces for good harvest...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Palka, Joel W., 1962- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2014.
Series:	Archaeologies of landscape in the Americas series.
Subjects:	Mayas > Rites and ceremonies. Mayas > Religion. Sacred space > Mexico. Sacred space > Central America. Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Mexico. Pilgrims and pilgrimages > Central America. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. HISTORY / Latin America / General.