The cochineal cultivation had a great economic importance andits study has been basic for the knowledge of the Colonial Society. In this article historical documents are transcribed and commented; their value derives from the historical data themselves, as well as…

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 (1751) is an unpublished source of great importance for our knowledge of traditional Yucatec medicine, both because of its early date as well as the fact that it reflects a synthesis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…

Scientific knowledge and sociology are directly related to the power of war, but instead of leading us to a positive cultural evolution we have obtained a negative cultural evolution. This is shown by many historical exarnples, but the reacent Gulf…

In traditional medicine, as it continues to be practiced in the indigenous communities of Yucatán, a number of specialists put into practice knowledge and therapies that have retained their deep (Maya) roots. Bone-setters, midwives, masseurs, herbalists and curers (men as…

In traditional medicine, as it continues to be practiced in the indigenous communities of Yucatán, a number of specialists put into practice knowledge and therapies that have retained their deep (Maya) roots. Bone-setters, midwives, masseurs, herbalists and curers (men as…

Esta obra tiene como propósito analizar la trayectoria de dos arqueólogos mexicanos que establecieron la base de la arqueología moderna del centro de Veracruz durante los años 40 a 70. Ellos desarrollaron el marco de referencia de la historia cultural…

The study of man has been and continues to be a central problem in philosophy and Anthropology, due to the fact that man tends to look introspectively to learn about himself, as we have seem him do it historically since…

Esta obra tiene como propósito analizar la trayectoria de dos arqueólogos mexicanos que establecieron la base de la arqueología moderna del centro de Veracruz durante los años 40 a 70. Ellos desarrollaron el marco de referencia de la historia cultural…

The study of man has been and continues to be a central problem in philosophy and Anthropology, due to the fact that man tends to look introspectively to learn about himself, as we have seem him do it historically since…