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Mayas Saving Maya Culture


Produced in 2009 by Timothy Knowlton and Stephanie Carson

Web links:
Chuitinamit (Authentic Maya)
History of Guatemala (Wikipedia)
Maya Adventure (Science Museum of Minnesota)
Mesoweb
Mystery of the Maya (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
Pueblos Mayas (Maya cultural tourism site)
Santiago Atitlán (official town Web site)

For a brief introduction to the Tz'utujil Maya (also spelled Tzutujil and Tzutuhil in older texts), with sources for further reading, see: Carlsen, Robert S. 2001 Tz'utujil. In "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Cultures" edited by David Carrasco. Vol. 3, pp.284-286. Oxford University Press.

For those interested in published archaeological research conducted at Chuitinamit, see: Lothrop, Samuel Kirkland 1933 Atitlan: An Archaeological Study of Ancient Remains on the Borders of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 444, pp. 73-101.

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