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Paper abstract bibtex It is often assumed that indigenous folk house-types are indicators of traditional cultural patterns. Indigenous villages that are dominated by folk structures are generally thought to maintain many traditional culture traits in contrast to villages that are dominated by modern, national-culture house-types. These modern looking villages appear to have exchanged their indigenous heritage for the culture of the developed world. However, in southern Belize, field work in three Mopan Maya villages contradicts these assumptions. My research found little correlation between house-types and various other aspects of indigenous culture. This paper discusses cultural circumstances that argue against the assumption that traditional housing can be correlated with traditional cultures. Se supone a menudo que las viviendas indígenas típicas constituyen un indicador de estructuras culturales tradicionales. Se considera normalmente que los poblados indígenas en que predominan las construcciones tradicionales mantienen numerosos rasgos culturales de carácter ancestral en oposición a aquellos en que abundan las viviendas de tipo moderno y nacional. Estos poblados de apariencia moderna parecen haber cambiado su herencia indígena por la cultura del mundo desarrollado. Sin embargo, en el Belize meridional, las investigaciones de campo en tres poblados mayas de Mopan contradicen estas suposiciones. En mis propias investigaciones, apenas encontré correlación entre el tipo de vivienda y otros aspectos de la cultura indígena. En este trabajo se discuten las circunstancias culturales que constituyen factores en contra de una supuesta correlación entre vivienda y cultura.
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title = {Folk house-types as indicators of tradition: the case of the {Mopan} {Maya} in {Southern} {Belize}},
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abstract = {It is often assumed that indigenous folk house-types are indicators of traditional cultural patterns. Indigenous villages that are dominated by folk structures are generally thought to maintain many traditional culture traits in contrast to villages that are dominated by modern, national-culture house-types. These modern looking villages appear to have exchanged their indigenous heritage for the culture of the developed world. However, in southern Belize, field work in three Mopan Maya villages contradicts these assumptions. My research found little correlation between house-types and various other aspects of indigenous culture. This paper discusses cultural circumstances that argue against the assumption that traditional housing can be correlated with traditional cultures. Se supone a menudo que las viviendas indígenas típicas constituyen un indicador de estructuras culturales tradicionales. Se considera normalmente que los poblados indígenas en que predominan las construcciones tradicionales mantienen numerosos rasgos culturales de carácter ancestral en oposición a aquellos en que abundan las viviendas de tipo moderno y nacional. Estos poblados de apariencia moderna parecen haber cambiado su herencia indígena por la cultura del mundo desarrollado. Sin embargo, en el Belize meridional, las investigaciones de campo en tres poblados mayas de Mopan contradicen estas suposiciones. En mis propias investigaciones, apenas encontré correlación entre el tipo de vivienda y otros aspectos de la cultura indígena. En este trabajo se discuten las circunstancias culturales que constituyen factores en contra de una supuesta correlación entre vivienda y cultura.},
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