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قراءة كتاب The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras
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The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras
الصفحة رقم: 1
THE MAYA INDIANS OF SOUTHERN YUCATAN
AND NORTHERN BRITISH HONDURAS
BY
THOMAS W. F. GANN
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1918
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
Washington, D. C., November 4, 1916.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the manuscript of a memoir entitled "The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras," by Thomas W. F. Gann, and to recommend its publication as a bulletin of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Very respectfully,
F. W. Hodge,
Ethnologist-in-Charge.
Hon. Charles D. Walcott,
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
CONTENTS
| Part 1. Customs, Ceremonies, and Mode of Life |
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| Page | |
| Introduction | 13 |
| Habitat | 14 |
| Personal characteristics | 15 |
| Dress | 18 |
| Industrial activities | 20 |
| Agriculture | 20 |
| Procuring food; cooking | 21 |
| Hunting | 23 |
| Fishing | 25 |
| Construction of houses and furniture | 26 |
| Pottery making | 28 |
| Boat building | 28 |
| Spinning and weaving | 29 |
| Minor industries | 30 |
| Tobacco curing | 30 |
| Basket and mat weaving | 30 |
| Social characteristics | 32 |
| Villages | 32 |
| Marriage and children | 32 |
| Drunkenness | 34 |
| Chiefs | 35 |
| Diseases and medicines | 36 |
| Games | |