Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo
Archaeological sites are places that allow different social and political uses of the past. This is particularly true in areas where the remains of ancient cities are subject to negotiations between national, local and/or ethnic identities. In this paper I focus on ceremonies celebrated in Maya site...
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| description | Archaeological sites are places that allow different social and political uses of the past. This is particularly true in areas where the remains of ancient cities are subject to negotiations between national, local and/or ethnic identities. In this paper I focus on ceremonies celebrated in Maya sites by actors who attach social and ritual values to them in the present, in opposition to their hegemonic uses and valorizations. I analyze the relocation of the fuego sagrado ceremony into archaeological sites as a counter-power action which suggests the existence of a transnational Maya territory and evokes a cultural resistance against colonialism. This study is particularly interested in the appropriation and adaptation of this ceremony in the Yucatan Peninsula, specifically in the Guatemalan department of Petén and in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, from the 1990s to the present day. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c887448485fd42819311745d3c75bd5f2025-02-05T15:54:15ZengSociété des américanistesJournal de la Société des Américanistes0037-91741957-78422022-07-011081498110.4000/jsa.20655Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana RooMathieu PicasArchaeological sites are places that allow different social and political uses of the past. This is particularly true in areas where the remains of ancient cities are subject to negotiations between national, local and/or ethnic identities. In this paper I focus on ceremonies celebrated in Maya sites by actors who attach social and ritual values to them in the present, in opposition to their hegemonic uses and valorizations. I analyze the relocation of the fuego sagrado ceremony into archaeological sites as a counter-power action which suggests the existence of a transnational Maya territory and evokes a cultural resistance against colonialism. This study is particularly interested in the appropriation and adaptation of this ceremony in the Yucatan Peninsula, specifically in the Guatemalan department of Petén and in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, from the 1990s to the present day.https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/20655MayaGuatemalaMexicocultural heritagesacred sites |
| spellingShingle | Mathieu Picas Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo Journal de la Société des Américanistes Maya Guatemala Mexico cultural heritage sacred sites |
| title | Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo |
| title_full | Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo |
| title_fullStr | Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo |
| title_short | Revendiquer le patrimoine archéologique par le rituel : la cérémonie pan-maya du fuego sagrado dans le Petén et le Quintana Roo |
| title_sort | revendiquer le patrimoine archeologique par le rituel la ceremonie pan maya du fuego sagrado dans le peten et le quintana roo |
| topic | Maya Guatemala Mexico cultural heritage sacred sites |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/20655 |
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