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6 Of Ancestors and Books: Perception of the Past among Children in a Contemporary Yucatec Maya Community
Author(s) -
Fernández Souza Lilia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
archeological papers of the american anthropological association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.783
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1551-8248
pISSN - 1551-823X
DOI - 10.1111/apaa.12047
Subject(s) - maya , situated , archaeology , geography , ethnography , history , ethnology , anthropology , sociology , artificial intelligence , computer science
This chapter explores the preconceptions held by Yucatec children about the Maya past. The research was developed in the secondary school of San Antonio Siho, a community located 97 kilometers from Merida, the capital city of Yucatan, Mexico, and situated next to an archaeological site. I present and comment upon the results of observation, interviews, and surveys about topics such as the relationship of children with Yucatec Maya language, traditional clothing and ceremonies, the nearby archaeological site, and the pre‐Hispanic Maya. Finally I discuss how formal and informal education creates the frame for different modernities in contemporary Yucatan.