| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 90 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1997. |
| Summary |
This original ethnographic video depicts how New Agers, the Mexican state, tourists, and 1920s archaeologists all contend to "clear" the site of the antique Maya city of Chichen Itza in order to produce their own idealized and unobstructed visions of "Maya" while the local Maya themselves struggle to occupy the site as vendors and artisans. The setting is the spring Equinox when a shadow said to represent the Maya serpent-god Kukulkan appears on one temple pyramid. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English, Subtitles in English. |
| Subject |
Maya. |
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Cultural identity. |
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Tribal and national groups. |
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Religious calendar. |
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Religious beliefs. |
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Tourist attractions. |
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Archaeological sites. |
| Added Author |
Castañeda, Quetzil, producer, author.
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Himpele, Jeffrey, producer, author.
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Auth, Bill, contributor.
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Burgos, Gaspar, contributor.
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Burgos, Tito, contributor.
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Canul, Avelino, contributor.
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Chumin, Don, contributor.
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Collodoro, Anita, contributor.
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Güemez, Miguel, contributor.
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Men, Hunbatz, contributor.
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Parra, Luis, contributor.
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Yam, Gilberto, contributor.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| In: |
Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1997 |
| Music No. |
1115729 Kanopy |
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