The research problem dealt with in the first part of this text concerns the existence of a Mayan theory of knowledge based on its own historical evolution through a mind perspective that involves an acceptance of intercultural difference. The text…

The Libro de medicinas, muy seguro.... (1751) is an unpublished source of great importance for our knowledge of traditional Yucatec medicine, both because of its early date as well as the fact that it reflects a synthesis between purely indigenous…

The research problem dealt with in the first part of this text concerns the existence of a Mayan theory of knowledge based on its own historical evolution through a mind perspective that involves an acceptance of intercultural difference. The text…

The Libro de medicinas, muy seguro.... (1751) is an unpublished source of great importance for our knowledge of traditional Yucatec medicine, both because of its early date as well as the fact that it reflects a synthesis between purely indigenous…

At present phvsical anthropology forms a part of two institutionsin México, the Natiónal Institute of Anthropology and History and the National University, where physical anthropologists are able to devote themselves to teaching and investigation in the rarious fields of their…

At present phvsical anthropology forms a part of two institutionsin México, the Natiónal Institute of Anthropology and History and the National University, where physical anthropologists are able to devote themselves to teaching and investigation in the rarious fields of their…

The dental mutilation was a cultural practice in Mesoamerica, being accepted that it was used to re-enforce symbolic-social aspects that had to be manifested in an individual. In the human osteological collection from Tantoc, an archaeological site in San Luis…

The dental mutilation was a cultural practice in Mesoamerica, being accepted that it was used to re-enforce symbolic-social aspects that had to be manifested in an individual. In the human osteological collection from Tantoc, an archaeological site in San Luis…

En el sur de Chile, el Hospital rural Makewe está llevando a cabo una experiencia de atención en salud complementaria, que integra los saberes y recursos tradicionales mapuche, con el conocimiento y terapéuticas científico-occidentales. A partir de entrevistas realizadas a…

En el sur de Chile, el Hospital rural Makewe está llevando a cabo una experiencia de atención en salud complementaria, que integra los saberes y recursos tradicionales mapuche, con el conocimiento y terapéuticas científico-occidentales. A partir de entrevistas realizadas a…