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The Kowoj: Identity, Migration, and Geopolitics in Late Postclassic Petén, Guatemala

The Kowoj: Identity, Migration, and Geopolitics in Late Postclassic Petén, Guatemala

Rice, Prudence M.
Rice, Don S.

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Series: Mesoamerican Worlds

Native American HistoryAnthropologyArchaeology

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ISBN10: 160732136X
ISBN13: 9781607321361
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: Mar 15 2012
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Neighbors of the better-known Itza in the central Petén lakes region of Guatemala, the Kowoj Maya have been studied for little more than a decade. The Kowoj: Identity, Migration, and Geopolitics in Late Postclassic Petén, Guatemala summarizes the results of recent research into this ethno-political group conducted by Prudence Rice, Don Rice, and their colleagues.

Chapters in The Kowoj address the question Who are the Kowoj? from varied viewpoints: archaeological, archival, linguistic, ethnographic, and bioarchaeological. Using data drawn primarily from the peninsular site of Zacpetén, the authors illuminate Kowoj history, ritual components of their self-expressed identity, and their archaeological identification. These data support the Kowoj claim of migration from Mayapán in Yucatán, where they were probably affiliated with the Xiw, in opposition to the Itza. These enmities extended into Petén, culminating in civil warfare by the time of final Spanish conquest in 1697.

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