Abstract: Objective/context: In this article I propose to analyze the sacred wrappings and the concept of wrapping among the Maya, based on the use of the ontological theoretical framework present in anthropology and archaeology. Two examples of a possibility of such an approach are presented for the study of the textile wrappings present in the Mayan and Mesoamerican territories, from the concept of relational ontologies and by means of native conceptions and theories. With this, we seek to conceptually define the ceremonial bundles based on notions of Mayan thought itself. Methodology: Based on an analysis of ethnographic data, I reflect on the notions of pixan (souls) and pix (wrapping something) in order to approach the concept of wr...
In ancient cultures, myths had a very important role when creating a sense of order and identity in ...
A través de un acercamiento a los conceptos ancestrales del tiichajil (buen vivir) y eel achil vatz ...
In this article we analyze the archaeological and etnohistorical evidences related with the ornament...
El artículo propone una comparación entre el proceso de creación de los seres humanos, narrado en el...
The aim of this article is to analyze the funerary customs and ritual for the souls among contempora...
In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, wh...
This article explains from a philosophical basis the ontological foundation of the ethical-mythical ...
The paper describes the Mayan ceremonial centers and traditional festivals of the Maya of Quintana R...
This article presents the main characteristics of the baroque art found in a current Mayan village i...
This work makes a critical evaluation of the interpretation of the architectural complex known as E-...
This work makes a critical evaluation of the interpretation of the architectural complex known as E-...
This article presents some reflections about problems that may rise around the construction and use ...
This work makes a critical evaluation of the interpretation of the architectural complex known as E-...
This article searchs the relationships between the architecture of the Maya cities, their formal cha...
Abstract Ancient Maya used to preserve relics, commonly wrapped in sacred bundles. Archaeological an...
In ancient cultures, myths had a very important role when creating a sense of order and identity in ...
A través de un acercamiento a los conceptos ancestrales del tiichajil (buen vivir) y eel achil vatz ...
In this article we analyze the archaeological and etnohistorical evidences related with the ornament...
El artículo propone una comparación entre el proceso de creación de los seres humanos, narrado en el...
The aim of this article is to analyze the funerary customs and ritual for the souls among contempora...
In this article I try as main objective to review some Olmec jade canoes from Mexico's southeast, wh...
This article explains from a philosophical basis the ontological foundation of the ethical-mythical ...
The paper describes the Mayan ceremonial centers and traditional festivals of the Maya of Quintana R...
This article presents the main characteristics of the baroque art found in a current Mayan village i...
This work makes a critical evaluation of the interpretation of the architectural complex known as E-...
This work makes a critical evaluation of the interpretation of the architectural complex known as E-...
This article presents some reflections about problems that may rise around the construction and use ...
This work makes a critical evaluation of the interpretation of the architectural complex known as E-...
This article searchs the relationships between the architecture of the Maya cities, their formal cha...
Abstract Ancient Maya used to preserve relics, commonly wrapped in sacred bundles. Archaeological an...
In ancient cultures, myths had a very important role when creating a sense of order and identity in ...
A través de un acercamiento a los conceptos ancestrales del tiichajil (buen vivir) y eel achil vatz ...
In this article we analyze the archaeological and etnohistorical evidences related with the ornament...