Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xix
4. Illustrations xxiii
5. Tables xxix
6. Part I / Geographic and Cultural Setting
7. 1 / The Highlands of Chiapas 3
8. 2 / Tzotzil Prehistory and History 11
9. Part II / Material Culture and Economics
10. 3 / Subsistence Activities 35
11. 4 / Houses 71
12. 5 / Clothing 92
13. 6 / Trading and Other Economic Activities 109
14. Part III / Social Structure
15. 7 / Social Groupings 127
16. 8 / Settlement Patterns 155
17. 9 / The Life Cycle 180
18. 10 / Relationship Systems 224
19. 11 / The Cargo System 246
20. 12 / The Political System 272
21. Part IV / Religious Beliefs and Rituals
22. 13 / Cosmology and Ancient Gods 297
23. 14 / Myths 307
24. 15 / Catholic Churches and Saints 349
25. 16 / Human Souls and Animal Spirits 369
26. 17 / Sacred Places 375
27. 18 / Ritual Symbols 392
28. 19 / Witchcraft 406
29. 20 / Shamanistic Rituals 416
30. 21 / Cargo Rituals I 477
31. 22 / Cargo Rituals II 520
32. Part V / Some Principles and Processes
33. 23 / Replication 571
34. 24 / Encapsulation 582
35. 25 / Implications for Cultural Change 588
36. Appendixes, Bibliography, Glossary, Index
37. Appendix I / Harvard Chiapas Project Field Workers, 1957–1968 617
38. Appendix II / Tzotzil Phonemes 619
39. Appendix III / Zinacanteco Names 621
40. Appendix IV / Tzotzil Texts 625
41. Appendix V / Case Descriptions of Shamanistic Rituals 643
42. Glossary 697
43. Bibliography 703
44. Index 723