Forest Society
Subtitle: A Social History of Peten, Guatemala (Ethnohistory Series)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: January 1991
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780812213164
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Latin America - Central America; History; Sociology; PetÃ¢en (Dept.); Mayas; Central America; General; Guatemala; Indians of Central America; Ladino (Latin American people); Peten (Dept.); Petâen (Dept.)
First sentence: Up to about 1970 the physical environment of Peten remained substantially the same as it was in 1697 when the Spanish conquered Tayasal, the last independent Maya stronghold in the region.