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THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY FA V.I"? VIv ••' '. **# FieldMuseumofNatural History Anthropology,Vol.XVII,Frontispiece TAHNCHECK MQMKEfRIVER MAP OF SOUTHERN BRITISH HONDURAS AND ADJACENT GUATEMALA Scale: 11 millimeters=10miles Field Museum of Natural History Founded by Marshall Field, 1893 Publication 274 Anthropological Series Vol. XVII, No. 2 ETHNOLOGY OF THE MAYAS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH HONDURAS BY J. Eric Thompson ASSISTANT CURATOR OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY 24 Plates in Photogravure and 1 Map Berthold Laufer CURATOR. DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY EDITOR JT » FRSIT¥ HUH* jjjgg CHICAGO, U. S. A. 1930 PRINTED IN THE UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA BY FIELDMUSEUM PRESS 11 /, CONTENTS PAGE List of Plates '. . 27 Preface 29 I. Habitat of the Southern Mayas 31 II. Agriculture at San Antonio 41 III. Religion and Magic at San Antonio 56 IV. Social Life at San Antonio 78 V. Industry at San Antonio 87 VI. Religion at Socotz 106 VII. Agriculture at Socotz 115 VIII. Folklore of San Antonio 119 .... IX. Folklore of Socotz and Corozal District 163 Appendix I. Language 182 Appendix II. Notes on the Plants Cultivated by the San Antonio Mayas 184 Bibliography 196 Index of Maya Words 204 General Index 207 LIST OF PLATES Frontispiece. Map of Southern British Honduras. I. The Village of San Antonio. II. Mayas, San Antonio. III. Fig. 1. Faustino Bol, Wife, Mother-in-law, and Brother- in-law, San Antonio Mayas. Fig. 2. Celestino Paquul, San Antonio Maya. IV. Agustin Hob, San Antonio Maya. V. Remijio Pop, San Antonio Maya. VI. San Antonio Mayas. Fig. 1. Cecilio Cal. Fig. 2. Isidro Pop. Fig. 3. Caterino Bol. Fig. 4. Caterino Bol. VII. Fig. 1. Hunters with Peccary, San Antonio Mayas. Fig. 2. Fernando Chun, San Antonio Maya. VIII. Women and Children, San Antonio Mayas. IX. Houses, San Antonio. X. House Construction, San Antonio. XI. Fig. 1. Hammock Technique, San Antonio. Fig. 2. Netted Bag Technique, San Antonio. Fig. 3. Gourd Carriers, San Antonio. XII. Loom, Aguacate. XIII. Fig. 1. Cacao Beans Drying on Dressed Bark, San Antonio. Fig. 2. Pottery Making, San Antonio. XIV. Fig. 1. Maya Woman, San Antonio. Fig. 2. Deer Mask Used in Deer Dance, San Antonio. XV. Corn Grinder and "Hand," San Antonio. XVI. Fig. 1. Harp, San Antonio. Fig. 2. Masks Used in Deer Dance, San Antonio. XVII. Pottery, San Antonio. XVIII. Pottery, San Antonio. XIX. Jacinto Cunil, a Socotz Maya. XX. Mayas of Socotz. XXI. Fig. 1. Curing Headache by Bleeding with Glass Points, Socotz. Fig. 2. Hmen Cocom Curing Negress of Toothache by Incantation, Socotz. 27 28 List of Plates XXII. Fig. 1. TheCeibaFestival. The Chiicwith Drum, Socotz. Fig. 2. The Ceiba Festival. Maya Girls Dressed for Mestizada Dance, Socotz. XXIII. Woman Dressed for Mestizada Dance, Socotz. XXIV. Huipil Designs, San Antonio, Socotz, and Bullet Tree.