AMCS Bulletin 20 Exploring Highland Maya Ritual Cave Use: Archaeology & Ethnography in Huehuetenango, Guatemala Edited by James E. Brady 97 pages, softbound 2009

This volume contains eleven papers, including new studies of archaeological caves that were reported by Eduard Seler in the nineteenth century and studies of the religious and social significance of caves to the inhabitants of several towns in northwestern Guatemala.

Table of Contents

7	Preface
9	Quen Santo Revisited: Updating Eduard Seler's 19th Century Cave Studies, by James E. Brady, et al.
27	A Restudy of Cave 1 at Quen Santo, by Jenny Guerra and James E. Brady
41	New Cave Discoveries at Quen Santo, Huehuetenango, Guatemala, by C. L. Kieffer
49	The Cosmological and Social Significance of Quen Santo in Contemporary Maya Society, by Sergio Garza
55	Caves and Fish in Mesoamerica: An Initial Consideration, by James E. Brady and Sergio Garza
61	The Gendered Use of Caves in the Jakaltec and Chuj Areas, by C. L. Kieffer, et al.
67	The Chicomoztoc and Modern Jakaltek Ethnography, by James E. Brady and Arnulfo Delgado
73	A Reassessment of Ethnographic Data on Cave Utilization in Santa Eulalia, by James E. Brady and Sergio Garza
81	Aspects of Ritual Organization in Santa Eulalia, Guatemala, by Sergio Garza and James E. Brady
87	Gender Complementarity and Separation in Maya Ritual, by Sergio Garza
91	Ritual Cave Use among Q'anjob'alan Peoples in Colonial Northern Huehuetenango, by Stacey Schwartzkopf