Hi Rob,

Would you share your presentation to the list? a paper you may have?
I am very interested in your research at Guatemala.
Thank you

Leonardo Cabrera


--- In Ethnoornithology@..., "Robert Gosford"
<kamibob1@h...> wrote:
>
> A recent presentation by Rob Fergisat the Middle States Division of
> the Association of American Geographers 2006 Annual Conference
> October 13-14, Rutgers University in the United States
>
>
> 2,000 YEARS OF BECOMING-BIRD: CH'ORTI' MAYA ETHNOORNITHOLOGY AND
> HUMAN-BIRD
> RELATIONSHIPS
> Rob Fergus
> Urban Bird Conservation
> National Audubon Society
> Ivyland PA 18974
> ABSTRACT The Ch'orti' Maya of Jocotán, Guatemala descend from Pre-
> Classic and Classic Mayan ancestors that depended
> on birds and bird plumages to legitimize and maintain their
> political order. Over the course of two millennia, birds have
> remained important to the Ch'orti', though changing technologies,
> political structures, local ecology, and traditions have altered
> many ancient relationships with birds, as well as created new ways
> of relating to birds. This paper reports on recent field work
> conducted in Jocotán, and explores the various ways that Ch'orti'
> individuals create relationships with birds, as well as how these
> human-bird assemblages reflect or contrast with human-bird
> relationships documented in the Mayan archaeological,
> ethnohistoric, and ancient textual records.
>