1. Gender And Ethnohistory in Mesoamerica
... the village, putting the land of woman and those born out of wedlock in altercation. Incidents of community boundaries being at stake were a very relevant concern of this time. In the winter of 1797-98, the village of Ixil encountered a typhus epidemic. Amidst all of the grieved deaths, crown officials denied the natives custom of burying the dead within the church grounds in hopes of defeating the epidemic. A physician appointed by Spanish authorities attempted to make the victims who fell ill of the ... epidemic to be buried outside of village gates. Outraged by their command, the peo...
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