Introduction
Markets. Chichicastenango
In recent decades, Maya culture has deeply captured everyone’s attention. The archeological heritage of this ancient civilization has become more accessible: new technologies, facilitating the research, have emerged. Moreover, tribal descendants have gained wider access to previously hidden knowledge about their past thanks to political and social shifts in Central American countries. It is very prominent in Guatemala, where, perhaps, the most famous Maya architectural complexes are located.
This culture preserved itself, or, perhaps, it is better to say, "reinvented" itself, not only in the form of buildings and stones. It shapes the daily life of local tribes, their self-identification, their self-awareness and their roots.
Chisec, Alta Verapaz Department, Qʼeqchiʼ (Eng, Kekchi), 2018.
The Anthropogeos team, led by editor-in-chief Sardar S. Sardarov, went to Guatemala to see how the descendants of the Maya civilization live.
The Anthropogeos expedition to Guatemala took place in the spring of 2018. Our route included Antigua, Pacaya Volcano, Lake Atitlán, Chichicastenango, Quetzaltenango, San Francisco El Alto, Nebaj, Cobán, Semuc Champey, Flores, El Mirador.
Pacaya Volcano
Antigua
Lake Atitlán
Chichicastenango
Quetzaltenango
San Francisco El Alto
Cobán
Nebaj
Semuc Champey
El Mirador
Flores
Pacaya Volcano
Antigua
Chichicastenango
San Francisco El Alto
Quetzaltenango
Cobán
Nebaj
Semuc Champey
El Mirador
Flores
Lake Atitlán
Our research is limited to time, territory, and only one tribe. Mainly representatives of the Kʼicheʼ tribe inhabit Chichicastenango, to which our exhibition is mostly dedicated. Therefore, we do not claim to be objective. However, we tried to include the opinions of people with polar points of view, levels of education and different backgrounds.
Santiago Atitlán, Sololá Department, Tzʼutujil people, Kʼicheʼ. 2018.
San Andrés Xecul, Totonicapán Department, Kʼicheʼ. 2018.
Project team
Editor-in-chief: Sardar S. Sardarov
Editor and author of the text: Alexandra Gordienko
Project design: Yana Kuznetsova
Photo: Anthropogeos, JFernando Morales Photography
Artist: Maria Baldina
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