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What’s the News in News about Roles of Maya Women?

March 2, 2012

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I am waiting (impatiently) for yesterday’s UC Riverside press release to get picked up by the mainstream media. The press release tells us that Contrary to popular belief, women played a central role in Maya society before the arrival of Spanish explorers in the early 16th century, a University of California, Riverside graduate student has… [Read more…]

“Witch Cottage”? No. Cat Burial? Maybe.

December 11, 2011

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She was a very old woman, about the age of four-score years, and had been a witch for fifty years. She dwelt in the Forest of Pendle, a vast place, fit for her profession: What she committed in her time, no man knows. She was a general agent for the Devil in all these parts:… [Read more…]

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