Fieldwork Among the Maya: Reflections on the Harvard Chiapas Project [Signed First Edition]

Vogt, Evon Z.

Published by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994

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Signed and inscribed by Evon Vogt at front endpaper: "For Kim and Romaine, Who share both our Southwestern and Chiapas field experience, with warmest abrazos, Vogtie, Cambridge, 12-XI-94". Stated First Edition. Heavy substantial volume. Fine blue-green full cloth boards, silver spine titles, fine. Pages fine. Manila endpapers. Illustrated throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original dust wrapper, slight shelf wear; protected in new clear sleeve. Fieldwork Among the Maya is a personal chronicle written by the man who initiated it in 1957 and guided it through thirty-five years of research. Beginning with his childhood in New Mexico and insights into how and why he became an anthropologist, Vogt describes the long-range ethnic study to describe for the first time the Tzotzil-Maya cultures of the remote Chiapas highlands. The objective was to grasp how contemporary Mayas are related to the prehistoric Classic Maya. Maintaining a delicate balance between study and personal details and adventures, Vogt describes in vivid terms, often humorous and poignant, the daily lives of the researchers and their informants, and depicts clearly the joys, the rewards, and the hazards encountered in the field by social anthropologists. Vogt penned the pivotal book Water Witching USA in 1959 and is professor emeritus of anthropology at Harvard University. Includes detailed 9-page index. 451 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 021730

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fieldwork Among the Maya: Reflections on the...

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author

Edition: First Edition.