The Quiche Mayas of Utatlan
The Evolution of a Highland Guatemala Kingdom
Published on 20. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
454 pages
978-0-8061-4268-5 (ISBN)
Description
Now available in paperback for the first time since its publication in 1980, The Quiche Mayas of Utatlan offers a full account of the Quiches, the most powerful Maya group in the Guatemala highlands at the time of the Spanish Conquest.
The Quiches ruled from the city they built on the highland plains, to which they gave the splendid name K'umarcaaj, but which became known throughout the Maya world as Utatlan.
Robert M. Carmack re-creates the setting of this empire, and peoples it with the rulers, priests, warriors, allies, and travelers who gave it life. He describes the fall of Utatlan to the conquistadors, and the Quiches' efforts to retain a semblance of their political structure and belief system. Drawing upon archaeological discoveries and native and Spanish written documents, Carmack has produced a work that is essential to understanding the Quiche people and indispensable to a full appreciation of the immortal work the Popol Vuh, the ""first book of the New World.
The Quiches ruled from the city they built on the highland plains, to which they gave the splendid name K'umarcaaj, but which became known throughout the Maya world as Utatlan.
Robert M. Carmack re-creates the setting of this empire, and peoples it with the rulers, priests, warriors, allies, and travelers who gave it life. He describes the fall of Utatlan to the conquistadors, and the Quiches' efforts to retain a semblance of their political structure and belief system. Drawing upon archaeological discoveries and native and Spanish written documents, Carmack has produced a work that is essential to understanding the Quiche people and indispensable to a full appreciation of the immortal work the Popol Vuh, the ""first book of the New World.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oklahoma
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
38 black & white illustrations, 47 maps
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
846 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8061-4268-5 (9780806142685)
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Person
Robert M. Carmack is Professor of Anthropology in the State University of New York at Albany. The Quiche Mayas of Utatlan is the product of fourteen years spent in archaeological fieldwork and research in the great libraries and repositories of the Americas and Europe.