Maya America is an open access and peer reviewed journal that publishes academic papers, commentary, personal reflections, and creative works such as literature and poetry. The name "Maya America" refers to the traditional lands of the Maya plus the enhanced lands of contemporary Maya settlements. Thus the journal includes the United States and Canada as Maya homelands. In addition to Maya populations, we welcome essays on other topics and people of the Americas. The journal accepts submissions throughout the year.,
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Current Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1 (2024) Tamales Mayas: History, Ritual, Culinary Practices
Full Issue
Complete Issue: Volume 6 Issue 1
Maya America Editors
Front Matter
Introductory Note in English - MAYA AMERICA VOLUME 6 NUMBER 1
Maya America Editors
Introducción essay - Tamales mayas. Sabores en el tiempo
Laura Elena Sotelo Santos and Adriena Cruz-Manjarrez
Articles
Aromas y sabores para los dioses mayas: alimentos de ixim y pom
Diana Peralta Cervantes
El tamal como parte integral del movimiento de revalorización gastronómica guatemalteca
Tomás Barrientos Q. and Mirciny Moliviatis
El Zacahuil: Lo Que Encubre y Lo Que Se Quiere Ver
Ana Bella Pérez Castro
Los tamales de la gente del pantano. Patrimonio gastronómico de los yokot’anob de Tabasco, México
Mauricio Hernández Sánchez
Tamales tsotsiles: léxico, usos y consumos
Margarita Martínez-Pérez and Jorge Alberto Jiménez-Hernández
Un recorrido iconoglífico por las antiguas representaciones del tamal en la Mesoamérica maya de Tierras Bajas
Daniel Martínez González
Reflections
Los tamales: alimento para los dioses, los espíritus de la milpa, el monte, los difuntos y las personas vivas
Laura Elena Sotelo Santos
Pa´ts Petejul: Maíz y frijol en la mesa
Fanny López Jiménez and María Méndez Vázquez
Report
Forced Family Separation: U.S. crimes against Indigenous Peoples
Lauren Heidbrink, Giovanni Batz, and David W. Barillas Chón