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Indigenous and Ancient Religions
Time and the Highland Maya
- First published1982
- TraditionIndigenous & Ancient Religions
- Shelf155 books
An ethnography of calendrical divination among the K'iche' Maya of Momostenango, Guatemala, by an anthropologist who trained as a daykeeper. Tedlock explains how the 260-day calendar is used in divination, dream interpretation and ritual. An important account of the living Maya calendar.

















