Description
Hach Winik is a comprehensive study of traditional Lacandon Maya society based on intensive ethnographic fieldwork. This used book in good condition details the cultural data and textual materials collected from two relatively isolated Lacandon groups in the 1970s and 1980s. Topics include:
- History of Lacandon contact
- Settlement patterns
- Life cycle
- Social control
- Residence and marriage
- Kinship system
- Ritual expression
The book balances statistical data with descriptive detail and includes oral narratives with original language words and English glosses.