Diego de Landa’s Relación de las cosas de Yucatán
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Diego de Landa’s *Relación de las cosas de Yucatán* is a 16th-century Spanish Franciscan account that documents Maya culture, religion, language, and customs in the Yucatán Peninsula.
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| Relación de las cosas de Yucatán | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Spanish-language book
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colonial chronicle ⓘ ethnographic account ⓘ historical document ⓘ |
| author | Diego de Landa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| century | 16th century ⓘ |
| contains |
Maya alphabet attempt
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Maya glyph list ⓘ accounts of forced conversions ⓘ accounts of idolatry trials ⓘ description of Maya baptism-like rites ⓘ description of Maya calendar ⓘ description of Maya cosmology ⓘ description of Maya deities ⓘ description of Maya festivals ⓘ description of Maya funerary practices ⓘ description of Maya human sacrifice ⓘ description of Maya idols ⓘ description of Maya marriage customs ⓘ description of Maya rituals ⓘ description of Maya social organization ⓘ description of Maya temples ⓘ description of Maya warfare ⓘ description of Maya writing ⓘ description of Spanish evangelization efforts ⓘ description of pre-Hispanic Maya cities ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1566 ⓘ |
| describes |
Maya culture
NERFINISHED
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Maya customs ⓘ Maya language NERFINISHED ⓘ Maya religion ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Yucatec Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnography
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missionary report ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Account of the Affairs of Yucatán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed |
early colonial Yucatán
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post-Conquest Yucatán ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed account of Maya religion
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documentation of Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ early description of Maya calendar system ⓘ influence on Maya epigraphy studies ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| perspective |
Spanish colonial
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missionary ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective |
Catholic
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Franciscan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
critiques of ethnocentrism
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scholarly debate on reliability ⓘ |
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