GENERAL INDEX 



Adobe making, 93, 96, 134, 145, 147 

 Agriculture, temperate, 2 



tropical, 1-2 



See also Crops. 

 Agua Escondida, 62, 139 

 Alta Vera Paz, 144 fn. 



Animals, see Domesticated animals; Fauna, wild. 

 Artisans, 96, 97, 121, 134, 183, 191, 194 



See also Adobe-maker; Carpenter; Mason. 

 Atiteco, 31, 96, 122, 128 



Atitecos, 6 fn., 135, 136 fn., 140, 152 

 Atitlin, 1, 2, 6 fn., 11, 14, 30, 31, 96, 106, 119, 123, 126, 

 127, 151, 159, 160, 185 



Baker, 96, 134, 164, 175 

 Balance of payments, 183-184 

 Baptism, 178 

 Barbering, 96, 181 

 Bargaining, 136, 136 fn. 

 Beliefs, about animals, 32 



as distinct from "foreign" Indians, 



ill omens, 32 



impeding economic judgment, 16 



on electricity, 20 



toward nature, 29 



toward supernatural, 29, 130 

 Births, 87, 98, 178 



rate of, 6 

 Blacksmith, 23, 27, 134 

 Bloodletter, 95, 98 

 Bunzel, Ruth, 137 

 Butcher, 22-23, 96, 119, 122 fn., 123 fn., 134, 142, 164, 



175, 191 

 Buying for consumption, 133-136 



Cabrera, Manuel Estrada, President, 106 

 Canoe, manufacture of, 31 



renting, 96, 97 



transportation, 126, 127 



use in hunting, 32 

 Cantel, 20, 26 

 Capitalism, ix, 13 fn. 

 Caponizer, 95, 98, 164 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington, x, 163 

 Carpenter, 27, 95, 96, 134, 145, 146, 175 

 Ceremonies, 177-181 



governmental, 86, 177 



rehgious, 86 



See also Fiestas; Births; Funerals; Harvesting rites. 

 Cerro de Oro, 105, 133 fn., 136, 139 

 Chiapas, 8 



Chicacao, 2, 123, 127 



Chichicastenango, 6 fn., 11, 14, 35, 100 fn., 107, 119 fn., 

 122, 123, 133, 135, 136, 144 fn., 145, 150, 151, 158, 

 160, 185, 206-207 



MaxeiSo, 6 fn., 133 fn., 135, 136 

 Children, providing for, 206 



See also Labor, division of. 

 Chimente, 25 fn., 26 

 Church, 57, 83, 85, 103, 178, 204 

 Classes, economic, 181, 184, 190 



social, 7, 206-207 



See also Wealth groups. 

 Chmate, 4, 29-30 



1 The final manuscript was prepared, proof read, and Index made with the 

 excellent assistance of Mrs. June Nash, whose intelligence, patience, care, 

 and Industry are here gratefully acknowledged. 



Clothing, 30, 136, 205 

 cost, 153-154, 184 



See also table 63, 161-163. 

 manufacture, 93-94, 133, 151-154 

 men's, 150-151 

 women's, 151 

 See also Costumes. 

 Community service, 86, 103, 181 



See also Political-religious hierarchy: Officials. 

 Comparison with neighboring communities, 11 

 Competition, ix, 15, 19, 27-28 

 effect on prices, 137, 186 

 in clothing, 202 

 in selling, 133 fn. 

 Concepci6n, 99, 107, 123, 127, 133, 145, 152, 159, 160, 163, 

 186 

 Concepciofieros, 133 fn., 145, 163 

 Consumer goods, 133-154 



See also Commodity index. Appendix 2, 210-216. 

 Contractors, 96 



See also Adobe-making; Carpenter; Mason. 

 Costs, agricultural, 109-117 

 animal husbandry, 117-121 

 clothing 153-154, 160-163 

 food, 168-169, 174 

 houses, 146-147 

 Costumes, distinction from Ladinos and "foreign" Indians, 8 

 foreign, 160 



men's and boys', 158-159 

 wealth differences, 187-188 

 women's and girls', 159 

 Credit, ix, 13-14 



See also Land, pawned. 

 Crops, combinations, 46-47 



determination of choice, 128, 129 

 innovations, 128, 130-131, 186 

 value, 184 



yield, beans, squash, 52, 113 

 coffee, 56, 131 

 corn, 49-52, 108-110 

 garUc, 54, 113 

 herbs, 55 

 measuring, 190 

 onions, 53-54, 110-112, 130 

 pepinos, 114, 131 

 possibilities of increasing, 128 

 tabWn, 110-116 

 fruit, 56, 115 

 vegetables, 114 

 tubers, 55, 114 

 Cubulco, 135 

 Cult of the Saints, 177 

 Curers, 95, 96, 98, 180, 195 

 curing ritual, 177 



Dances, 163, 177, 183 

 Death, 178-180, 193 



mortality rates, 6, 28, 30 

 Diet, 9 fn., 24, 28, 129, 163-174, 185, 200-201 

 Domestic production, see Houses, building; Furniture; 



Clothing, manufacture. 

 Domestic servants, 99, 101 fn. 

 Domesticated animals, pre-Conquest, 22 

 animal husbandry, 93, 117-121 

 value of produce, 108, 131, 142, 190-191 



See also Commodity index. Appendix 2, 210- 

 216. 

 for fertilizer, 128 



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