{"product_id":"these-are-our-roots-the-history-of-the-kiche-people-as-told-by-lords-of-the-tamub-and-ilokab-hardcover-2","title":"\"These Are Our Roots\": The History of the K'Iche' People as Told by Lords of the Tamub' and Ilokab' - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen J. Christenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003e\"These Are Our Roots\", \u003c\/i\u003e Allen J. Christenson translates and analyzes historical documents composed by Tamub' and Ilokab' nobles of the K'iche' Maya, who ruled much of the Guatemalan highlands until their lands were invaded by Spanish conquistadors in 1524. Complete original English translations of three Tamub' texts and a new translation of the \"Title of the Ilokab'\" reveal how K'iche' nobility strategically appropriated Christian elements from Dominican missionary texts while maintaining their Indigenous worldview. These documents served multiple purposes: legally establishing land rights, asserting nobility status, preserving cultural identity, and claiming religious legitimacy by positioning themselves as descendants of biblical figures--a sophisticated response to Spanish colonization that balanced accommodation and resistance through literacy, which had become a crucial tool for Indigenous elites navigating the colonial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tamub' and Ilokab' branches of the K'iche' people have generally been overshadowed by their well-known Kaweq brethren, who wrote such literature masterpieces as the \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTitle of Totonicapán\u003c\/i\u003e. But it is the voices relegated to the shadows of history that share views of events from different perspectives and whisper about what really happened behind the scenes--family jealousies, political rivalries, and delicious gossip about the great and the good who tend to focus on their own self-aggrandizing stories. \u003ci\u003e\"These Are Our Roots\"\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable scholarly contribution to Maya studies and ethnohistory that makes these important primary sources more accessible to students and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllen J. Christenson\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of Precolumbian studies at Brigham Young University and the author of \u003ci\u003eArt and Society in a Highland Maya Community\u003c\/i\u003e, a two-volume critical edition of the \u003ci\u003ePopol Vuh\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Burden of the Ancients\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also coeditor \u003ci\u003eof \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Myths of the Popol Vuh in Cosmology, Art, and Ritual\u003c\/i\u003e and translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Title of Totonicapán\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e\"These Are Our Roots.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 338\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 9.01 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 28, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53429575549235,"sku":"9781646428304","price":111.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/1g0-cr3sV69781646428304_be861fe0-0b0f-4f0f-8d5d-a4290a0c56fa.webp?v=1780633044","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/these-are-our-roots-the-history-of-the-kiche-people-as-told-by-lords-of-the-tamub-and-ilokab-hardcover-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}