Rituals of Sacrifice Walking the Face of the Earth on the Sacred Path of the Sun : a Journey Through the Tz'utujil Maya World of Santiago Atitlán

Living and working among the Tz'utujil Maya people of Santiago Atitlan in highland Guatemala for some fifteen years, Vincent Stanzione has observed, photographed, and participated in their ritual and ceremonial life, which he describes with unique authority in this account of the continuities in Mayan culture from pre-Columbian times to the present.