Testimonios, un acercamiento a las memorias de la Comunidad maya Ixil en el contexto del Juicio por Genocidio en el 2013

En este artículo nos aproximamos al estudio de los testimonios de la Comunidad Maya Ixil en el marco del proceso judicial llevado en contra del ex dictador Efraín Ríos Montt acusado por genocidio en el 2013. abordaremos los relatos desde dos dimensiones: La primera, corresponde a las cuestiones jurídicas que buscan comprobar los hechos durante el periodo que se juzga. La segunda, trata de la dimensión emocional que da cuenta de las crisis, conflictos y elaboraciones del pasado traumático en el presente

Ancient Maya documents concerning the movements of Mars

A large part of the pre-Columbian Maya book known as the Dresden Codex is concerned with an exploration of commensurate relationships among celestial cycles and their relationship to other, nonastronomical cycles of cultural interest. As has long been known, pages 43b–45b of the Codex are concerned with the synodic cycle of Mars. New work reported here with another part of the Codex, a complex table on pages 69–74, reveals a concern on the part of the ancient Maya astronomers with the sidereal motion of Mars as well as with its synodic cycle. Two kinds of empiric sidereal intervals of Mars were used, a long one (702 days) that included a retrograde loop and a short one that did not. The use of these intervals, which is indicated by the documents in the Dresden Codex, permitted the tracking of Mars across the zodiac and the relating of its movements to the terrestrial seasons and to the 260-day sacred calendar. While Kepler solved the sidereal problem of Mars by proposing an elliptical heliocentric orbit, anonymous but equally ingenious Maya astronomers discovered a pair of time cycles that not only accurately described the planet's motion, but also related it to other cosmic and terrestrial concerns.

Peopling the past: New perspectives on the ancient Maya

The new direction in Maya archaeology is toward achieving a greater understanding of people and their roles and their relations in the past. To answer emerging humanistic questions about ancient people's lives Mayanists are increasingly making use of new and existing scientific methods from archaeology and other disciplines. Maya archaeology is bridging the divide between the humanities and sciences to answer questions about ancient people previously considered beyond the realm of archaeological knowledge.

Classology: An Anacreontic Ode, in imitation of "Heathen Mythology," 1843

8-page pamphlet.

Classology: An Anacreontic Ode, in imitation of "Heathen Mythology," 1843

8-page pamphlet bound in hardcover binding.

Maya; a story of Yucatan.

Mode of access: Internet.

Catalogue of works on anthropology, ethnology, primitive society, etc., etc. : also mythology and folk-lore including a portion of the Library of Sir H. H. Risley.

Mode of access: Internet.

Coordinacion alfabetica de las voces del idioma maya que se hallan en el arte y obras del padre fr. Pedro Beltran de Santa Rosa, con las equivalencias castellanas que en las mismas se hallan,

"Coordinación alfabética de la colección de voces de la lengua maya, compuesta por varios autores, hallada en el archivo de libros bautismales del pueblo de Ticul en el año de 1836, copiada en dicho año por Juan Pío Pérez y arreglada en 1847 por el mismo": p. [123-289]

Gramática maya : método teórico práctico /

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Maya /

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Primitive culture: researches into the development of mythology, philosophy, religion, art, and custom,

Mode of access: Internet.