© 2017 by University Press of Colorado
Published by University Press of Colorado
5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C
Boulder, Colorado 80303
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
The University Press of Colorado is a proud member of
The Association of American University Presses.
The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise supported, in part, by Adams State University, Colorado State University, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, Regis University, University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, Utah State University, and Western State Colorado University.
∞ This paper meets the requirements of the ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper).
ISBN: 978-1-60732-566-6 (cloth)
ISBN: 978-1-60732-567-3 (ebook)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Beyyette, Bethany J., editor. | LeCount, Lisa J. (Lisa Jeanne), 1955– editor.
Title: "The only true people" : linking Maya identities past and present / edited by Bethany J. Beyyette,
Lisa J. LeCount.
Description: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2017]
Identifiers: LCCN 2016040704| ISBN 9781607325666 (cloth) | ISBN 9781607325673 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Mayas—Ethnic identity.
Classification: LCC F1435.3.E72 O55 2017 | DDC 305.89742—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016040704
An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries
working with Knowledge Unlatched. KU is a collaborative initiative designed to make
high-quality books open access for the public good. The open access ISBN for the PDF
version of this book is 978-1-60732-699-1; for the ePUB version the open access ISBN is 978-1-60732-721-9. More information about the initiative and links to the open-access version can be found
at www.knowledgeunlatched.org.
Front cover illustrations, top to bottom: Motul Dictionary (courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library); Mount Maloney type bowl from Actuncan (photo by Lisa LeCount); Caste War defense work in Iturbide (photo by Ute Schüren); Creation Tablet from Palenque (rubbing by Merle Greene Robertson); Caste War fortifications in Bacalar (photo by Ute Schüren); Talking Cross in Felipe Carrillo Puerto (photo by Wolfgang Gabbert)