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Return to Ixil

by Mark Z. Christensen, Matthew Restall

MayasIndians of mexico, historyIndians of mexico, social conditionsWillsMexico, social life and customsSourcesHistorySocial conditions

"An examination of 100+ previously unstudied colonial-era Maya wills from the Yucatec town of Ixil. These testaments--some of the only surviving documentation of colonial inhabitation--offer unprecedented depictions of material and spiritual life from 1738 to 1779 and are rare and rich resources of Maya language"--Provided by publisher.

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Book data: Open Library