Maje

Maje su etnolingvistička grupa autohtonih naroda u Mezoamerici. Majanski narodi uglavnom potiču od istih populacija koje su naseljavale regiju tokom drevne majanske civilizacije. Danas uglavnom žive u Gvatemali, jugoistočnom Meksiku, Belizeu i najzapadnijem El Salvadoru i Hondurasu.

Termin "Maje" je moderni kolektivni termin za narode regije; taj termin historijski nisu koristili sami autohtoni narodi. Nije postojao zajednički osjećaj identiteta ili političkog jedinstva među različitim populacijama, društvima i etničkim grupama jer je svaka od njih imala svoje posebne tradicije, kulture i historijski identitet.^[1]

Reference

↑ Restall, Matthew; Asselbergs, Florine (2007). Invading Guatemala: Spanish, Nahua, and Maya Accounts of the Conquest Wars. Pennsylvania State University Press. str. 4. ISBN 978-0-271-02758-6. We call this civilization "Maya", although the term would not have meant anything to the Mayas in Guatemala (it was a Yucatec Maya word) and there was never a common sense of identity or political unity among all the various groups we call Maya.

[1] Restall, Matthew; Asselbergs, Florine (2007). Invading Guatemala: Spanish, Nahua, and Maya Accounts of the Conquest Wars. Pennsylvania State University Press. str. 4. ISBN 978-0-271-02758-6. We call this civilization "Maya", although the term would not have meant anything to the Mayas in Guatemala (it was a Yucatec Maya word) and there was never a common sense of identity or political unity among all the various groups we call Maya.

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