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Maya Christians and Their Churches in Sixteenth-Century Belize

Maya Christians and Their Churches in Sixteenth-Century Belize

Graham, Elizabeth

Paperback

Series: Maya and Mesoamerican Studies

AnthropologyArchaeologyCatholicism

ISBN10: 0813068169
ISBN13: 9780813068169
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: Mar 17 2020
Pages: 458
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

It is widely held that Christianity came to Belize as an extension of the conquest of Yucatan and that adherence to Christian belief and practice was abandoned in the absence of enduring Spanish authority. An alternative view comes from the excavations of Maya churches at Tipu and Lamanai, which show that the dead were buried in Christian churchyards long after the churches themselves fell into disuse, and pre-Columbian ritual objects were cached in Christian sacred spaces both during and after Spanish occupation. Excavations also reveal that the architectural style of these early churches is Franciscan in inspiration but nonetheless the product of continuing community efforts at construction and repair. A conclusion difficult to ignore is that the Maya of Tipu and Lamanai considered themselves Christians with or without Spanish presence.

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