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Poor Beds of Sticks and Rings of Pure Gold

Material culture in the Canek Manuscript

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

David M. Pendergast  and
Grant D. Jones
David M. Pendergast
Affiliation:
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada
Grant D. Jones
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28036, USA
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Abstract

The Canek Manuscript offers an unusual opportunity for examination of the material culture of the Itza Maya of the seventeenth century. The document contains information about beds, canoes, musical instruments, royal jewelry and clothing, buildings, and religious objects. We interpret the textual information in terms of its reflection in the archaeological record and in ethnohistoric and ethnographic sources.

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Special Section: The Canek Manuscript
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Ancient Mesoamerica , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , Fall 1992 , pp. 281 - 290
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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