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Mesoamérica, 1995
Delimitación de la región habitada por los sumos taguacas de Bonduras en el período de 1600 a 1990
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, 1973
The few studies on international tourism and culture change have emphasized the direct effects of... more The few studies on international tourism and culture change have emphasized the direct effects of tourism on the host society. Recent research on western Caribbean islands indicates that under the stimulation of economic developments arising from tourism, in-migration from adjacent mainlands has effectively stifled, at least temporarily, the onslaught of acculturation by North Americans. On Cozumel Island, Mexico, Mayan-speakers from the Yucata'n Peninsula have fortifiedCozumeleno culture; in the Bay Islands, Honduras, Spanish-speaking mainlanders are the primary change agents.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, 1973
The few studies on international tourism and culture change have emphasized the direct effects of... more The few studies on international tourism and culture change have emphasized the direct effects of tourism on the host society. Recent research on western Caribbean islands indicates that under the stimulation of economic developments arising from tourism, in-migration from adjacent mainlands has effectively stifled, at least temporarily, the onslaught of acculturation by North Americans. On Cozumel Island, Mexico, Mayan-speakers from the Yucata'n Peninsula have fortifiedCozumeleno culture; in the Bay Islands, Honduras, Spanish-speaking mainlanders are the primary change agents. INTRODUCTION recipient society by the dominant group of international tourists. This paper directs attention to a new and rapidly emerging agent of culture change: international tourism. International tourism 1 is a relatively recent global phenomenon that is playing an increasingly important role in the affairs of man. It has innumerable anthropologic aspects that might be studied, and, in particular, ma...
Introduction During the almost two centuries that the Garífuna have been along the shores of the ... more Introduction During the almost two centuries that the Garífuna have been along the shores of the western Caribbean, they have established, or have been placed in, at least 62 sites with the intent of permanent settlement. Today (1976), 54 places remain inhabited predominately by the Garífuna. Only eight settlements have been abandoned, or taken over by non-Garífuna. However, there is evidence that Garífuna withdrawal from the coastal habitat is beginning to quicken. This paper explores past and present settlement abandonments to gain insights into the factors that have brought about changes in the pattern of Garífuna settlement. Two approaches were employed to understand settlement desertion. First, the historical record was surveyed to learn why now-relict villages were vacated. Second, from recent field observations and census materials, the present situation was viewed to judge modern propensities to migrate, and to seek ideas on whether the processes involved in early abandonmen...
Mesoamerica, 1995
Delimitación de la región habitada por los sumos taguacas de Bonduras en el período de 1600 a 1990
I know of no specific identification of the Lenca before 1591. In that instance, the Honduran bis... more I know of no specific identification of the Lenca before 1591. In that instance, the Honduran bishop noted the Merced fathers had organized a "benefficio de los Lencas" (AGI 1591). Apparently, that territory was the same as shown as LENCA on the accompanying map —an ecclesiastical district of Lenca-speakers that stretched south of Comayagua in 1632 (AGCA 1632). The Spanish historian Bernal Diaz, on the Honduran scene in 1525, was probably the first to record places occupied by the Lenca—Maniani, Malalaca, and Agalteca (1525: 554), but the term Lenca probably first appeared as "Lenga," one of the places listed in Pedro Alvarado's repartimiento from San Pedro in 1536 (Alvarado 1536). In that document Lenga is identified only as a site "towards Maniani," which we know was the most important pre-Hispanic settlement of the valley just north of Comayagua. Other sites grouped with Maniani and Lenga include Aramani, Comayagua, and Agalteca, all of which occ...
Journal of Historical Geography
Mesoamerica, 1985
~eografía de los indígenas toles [jicaques) de sonduras en el siglo XVIII En 1700, después de cas... more ~eografía de los indígenas toles [jicaques) de sonduras en el siglo XVIII En 1700, después de casi 200 años de contacto con los conqdstadores españoles, los indígenas de Honduras ya habían sido afectados por el sistema colonial en grados altamente variables. En el occidente de Honduras, los d e m e n t e asentados Lencas se habían incorporado generalmente bien al sistema económico y eclesiástico; ya se habían organizado en enromiendas, pagaban tributo bastante regularmente y se habían colocado en la jerarquía de las organizaciones de la Iglesia. Los menos numerosos chortís mayas del área de Copán también se habían sujetado a las reglas coloniales. Hacia el centro del país, sin embargo, se habían establecido pocos contactos coloniales. Los indígenas payas de los más praninentes valles de Olancho se habían reducido; sin embargo, ciertos g-pos menos conocidos-tales como los Matagalpas del sur-casi no se habían alterado. Más al este, en las montañas, por los valles de los ríos y en las tierras bajas costeras de la Mosquitia las poblaciones miskita y sumu habían rechazado exitosamente el asentamiento organizado de los españoles y permanecían al margen de las reglas coloniales. En un alto grado, el impacto espacial de la era colonial se determinó temprano y fue influido fuertemente por la localización de las entradas a través de los istmos (Puerto Caballar;, golfo de Fonseca, Trujillo, Olaw cho) y el desarrollo de los centros españoles en los valles principales del occidente de Honduras.
Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics, 1984
Approximately one-half (200,000) of the coastal population of Caribbean Central America is negroi... more Approximately one-half (200,000) of the coastal population of Caribbean Central America is negroid. Among these, the small Garifuna-speaking community on Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, has been isolated for about a century from the larger Garffuna realm around ...
Geographical Review, 1979
Ethnohistory, 1980
Approximately one-half (200,000) of the coastal population of Caribbean Central America is negroi... more Approximately one-half (200,000) of the coastal population of Caribbean Central America is negroid. Among these, the small Garifuna-speaking community on Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, has been isolated for about a century from the larger Garffuna realm around ...
The Hispanic American Historical Review, 1981
Mesoamérica, 1995
Delimitación de la región habitada por los sumos taguacas de Bonduras en el período de 1600 a 1990
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, 1973
The few studies on international tourism and culture change have emphasized the direct effects of... more The few studies on international tourism and culture change have emphasized the direct effects of tourism on the host society. Recent research on western Caribbean islands indicates that under the stimulation of economic developments arising from tourism, in-migration from adjacent mainlands has effectively stifled, at least temporarily, the onslaught of acculturation by North Americans. On Cozumel Island, Mexico, Mayan-speakers from the Yucata'n Peninsula have fortifiedCozumeleno culture; in the Bay Islands, Honduras, Spanish-speaking mainlanders are the primary change agents.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, 1973
The few studies on international tourism and culture change have emphasized the direct effects of... more The few studies on international tourism and culture change have emphasized the direct effects of tourism on the host society. Recent research on western Caribbean islands indicates that under the stimulation of economic developments arising from tourism, in-migration from adjacent mainlands has effectively stifled, at least temporarily, the onslaught of acculturation by North Americans. On Cozumel Island, Mexico, Mayan-speakers from the Yucata'n Peninsula have fortifiedCozumeleno culture; in the Bay Islands, Honduras, Spanish-speaking mainlanders are the primary change agents. INTRODUCTION recipient society by the dominant group of international tourists. This paper directs attention to a new and rapidly emerging agent of culture change: international tourism. International tourism 1 is a relatively recent global phenomenon that is playing an increasingly important role in the affairs of man. It has innumerable anthropologic aspects that might be studied, and, in particular, ma...
Introduction During the almost two centuries that the Garífuna have been along the shores of the ... more Introduction During the almost two centuries that the Garífuna have been along the shores of the western Caribbean, they have established, or have been placed in, at least 62 sites with the intent of permanent settlement. Today (1976), 54 places remain inhabited predominately by the Garífuna. Only eight settlements have been abandoned, or taken over by non-Garífuna. However, there is evidence that Garífuna withdrawal from the coastal habitat is beginning to quicken. This paper explores past and present settlement abandonments to gain insights into the factors that have brought about changes in the pattern of Garífuna settlement. Two approaches were employed to understand settlement desertion. First, the historical record was surveyed to learn why now-relict villages were vacated. Second, from recent field observations and census materials, the present situation was viewed to judge modern propensities to migrate, and to seek ideas on whether the processes involved in early abandonmen...
Mesoamerica, 1995
Delimitación de la región habitada por los sumos taguacas de Bonduras en el período de 1600 a 1990
I know of no specific identification of the Lenca before 1591. In that instance, the Honduran bis... more I know of no specific identification of the Lenca before 1591. In that instance, the Honduran bishop noted the Merced fathers had organized a "benefficio de los Lencas" (AGI 1591). Apparently, that territory was the same as shown as LENCA on the accompanying map —an ecclesiastical district of Lenca-speakers that stretched south of Comayagua in 1632 (AGCA 1632). The Spanish historian Bernal Diaz, on the Honduran scene in 1525, was probably the first to record places occupied by the Lenca—Maniani, Malalaca, and Agalteca (1525: 554), but the term Lenca probably first appeared as "Lenga," one of the places listed in Pedro Alvarado's repartimiento from San Pedro in 1536 (Alvarado 1536). In that document Lenga is identified only as a site "towards Maniani," which we know was the most important pre-Hispanic settlement of the valley just north of Comayagua. Other sites grouped with Maniani and Lenga include Aramani, Comayagua, and Agalteca, all of which occ...
Journal of Historical Geography
Mesoamerica, 1985
~eografía de los indígenas toles [jicaques) de sonduras en el siglo XVIII En 1700, después de cas... more ~eografía de los indígenas toles [jicaques) de sonduras en el siglo XVIII En 1700, después de casi 200 años de contacto con los conqdstadores españoles, los indígenas de Honduras ya habían sido afectados por el sistema colonial en grados altamente variables. En el occidente de Honduras, los d e m e n t e asentados Lencas se habían incorporado generalmente bien al sistema económico y eclesiástico; ya se habían organizado en enromiendas, pagaban tributo bastante regularmente y se habían colocado en la jerarquía de las organizaciones de la Iglesia. Los menos numerosos chortís mayas del área de Copán también se habían sujetado a las reglas coloniales. Hacia el centro del país, sin embargo, se habían establecido pocos contactos coloniales. Los indígenas payas de los más praninentes valles de Olancho se habían reducido; sin embargo, ciertos g-pos menos conocidos-tales como los Matagalpas del sur-casi no se habían alterado. Más al este, en las montañas, por los valles de los ríos y en las tierras bajas costeras de la Mosquitia las poblaciones miskita y sumu habían rechazado exitosamente el asentamiento organizado de los españoles y permanecían al margen de las reglas coloniales. En un alto grado, el impacto espacial de la era colonial se determinó temprano y fue influido fuertemente por la localización de las entradas a través de los istmos (Puerto Caballar;, golfo de Fonseca, Trujillo, Olaw cho) y el desarrollo de los centros españoles en los valles principales del occidente de Honduras.
Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics, 1984
Approximately one-half (200,000) of the coastal population of Caribbean Central America is negroi... more Approximately one-half (200,000) of the coastal population of Caribbean Central America is negroid. Among these, the small Garifuna-speaking community on Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, has been isolated for about a century from the larger Garffuna realm around ...
Geographical Review, 1979
Ethnohistory, 1980
Approximately one-half (200,000) of the coastal population of Caribbean Central America is negroi... more Approximately one-half (200,000) of the coastal population of Caribbean Central America is negroid. Among these, the small Garifuna-speaking community on Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, has been isolated for about a century from the larger Garffuna realm around ...
The Hispanic American Historical Review, 1981