Jeff Himpele

Incidents of Travel in Chichen Itza

Jeff Himpele, Quetzil E. Castañeda

Jeff Himpele, Quetzil E. Castañeda

Depicts how New Agers, the Mexican state, tourists, and 1920s archaeologists all contend to “clear” the site of the antique Maya city of Chichen Itza in order to produce their own idealized and unobstructed visions of “Maya” while the local Maya themselves struggle to occupy the site as vendors and artisans.