Maya Divination: Ritual Techniques of Distributed Cognition

Based on more than 24 months of ethnographic research among Maya ritualists in the western highlands of Guatemala, this article examines how pajooneem, or tz’ite’ seed divination, facilitates decision-making and distributes cognition between client, diviner, and ritual techniques. Tz’ite’ seed divin...

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Main Author: McGraw, John J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2016, Volume: 16, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 177-198
Further subjects:B Agency decision-making divination distributed cognition Maya ritual
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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