Time and Reality in the Thought of the Maya: Volume 190

by Miguel León-Portilla and Francis La Flesche

Book Overview

In this second English-language edition of one of his most notable works, Miguel Le?n-Portilla explores the Maya Indians' remarkable concepts of time. At the book's first appearance Evon Z. Vogt, Curator of Middle American Ethnology in Harvard University, predicted that it would become "a classic in anthropology," a prediction borne out by the continuing critical attention given to it by leading scholars.

Like no other people in history,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806123087
• ISBN13: 9780806123080
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"