Barbara Tedlock's ethnography is built from her own apprenticeship with K'iche' Maya day-keepers, ajq'ij, in Momostenango, Guatemala, a documented firsthand method that makes it the standard authority for the two hundred sixty day count as a living practice today rather than only an archaeological artifact. That direct apprenticeship basis, checkable against her own account of specific rituals she participated in, is the book's real evidentiary strength. This record has not independently traced further scholarly response to Tedlock's specific claims since this revised edition. Use it for the two hundred sixty day count as a currently practiced living tradition; a claim about the count's ancient pre-conquest use needs an archaeological or epigraphic source instead.
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Barbara Tedlock's ethnography, built from her own apprenticeship with K'iche' Maya day-keepers in Momostenango, Guatemala, a documented firsthand method that makes it the standard authority for the two-hundred-sixty-day count as a living practice rather than only an archaeological artifact. NotesEthnography of the K'iche' Maya day-keepers (ajq'ij) of Momostenango, Guatemala, written from the author's own apprenticeship. The standard authority for the 260-day count as a LIVING practice rather than an archaeological one.
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AuthorBarbara Tedlock
PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press (revised edition)
Publication Year1992
Source Typeacademic monograph
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Maya, Figures This source names Maya directly: "her own apprenticeship with K'iche' Maya day-keepers, ajq'ij, in Momostenango, Guatemala, a documented firsthand method that makes it the standard authority for the two hundred sixty day count as a..."
Source Time and the Highland MayaBarbara Tedlock
Claims Backed By This Source (225 claims)
This source backs 225 claims across the atlas. As facts: 181 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 43 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Tzolkin Day Signs, 100 claims: 80 well-attested, 20 general references.
- Tzolkin Tones, 69 claims: 56 well-attested, 13 general references.
- Articles, 25 claims: 24 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Categories, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Calendars, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Religions, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Cultures, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Doctrines, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
- Cities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Holidays & Festivals, 1 claims: 1 general references.
- Religious Roles & Titles, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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