Maya Christians and Their Churches in Sixteenth-Century Belize

by Elizabeth Graham

Book Overview

It is widely held that Christianity came to Belize as an extension of the conquest of Yucatan and that adherence to Christian belief and practice was abandoned in the absence of enduring Spanish authority. An alternative view comes from the excavations of Maya churches at Tipu and Lamanai, which show that the dead were buried in Christian churchyards long after the churches themselves fell into disuse, and pre-Columbian ritual objects were cached...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813068169
• ISBN13: 9780813068169
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"