Scattered Round Stones: A Mayo Village in Sonora, MexicoFrom the very first, Teachive captivated me, David Yetman writes in this ethnography of a Mayo Indian peasant village in Sonora, Mexico. Over the centuries, the Mayos have evolved a profound union between the monte, or thornscrub forest, and their cultural life. With the assistance of resident Vicente Tajia and others, Yetman describes the region's plant and animal life and recounts the stories and traditions that animate the monte for the Mayos. That folk culture, so critical to their identity, is under assault by the global economic revolution. A passionate observer and chronicler, Yetman analyzes how galloping capitalism is destroying the monte and thus eroding traditional Mayo society. Listing Indian, Spanish, and scientific terms, an appendix glosses plants used by the Mayos in the Teachive area. |
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agricultural aguaje Alamos Almada Arroyo Masiaca beans Bocas buffelgrass burros Cahitas cattle Choacalle church comisariado communal lands comuneros corn cows crops dancers Don Vicente Doña drought economic ejidatarios ejidos etcho Etchojoa Fabaceae fiesta fiesteros firewood fruits goats grazing harvest hectares Hermosillo historic Huatabampo Indians indigenous irrigation Jesuits Jesús Jopopaco jornaleros kilometers labor Las Bocas live livestock María Mario Soto maseca Masiaca community Masiaca comunidad Mayo culture Mayo Delta Mayo language Mayo village Mayos and Yaquis mestizo meters Mexican Mexico monte Moroyoqui municipio natives Navojoa nearly non-Mayos Obregón palo pascolas pastures peasants Pérez de Ribas pesos pitahayas plants population produce pump rain region Río Mayo Río Yaqui San José seed sell sheep shrub Sinaloa social socios soil Sonora Soto Spaniards Spanish Teachivans Teachive Teachive's Teresa thornscrub tion tortillas town tree truck Vicente's weaving women Yocupicio yoris