“Palka sets out to understand the social significance of pilgrimage for the Maya, and succeeds nobly at his task. . . . This book is a must-read for anyone interested in Maya religion, cosmology, community, and landscape, and will surely push those fields in exciting new directions.”—
“In this well-documented and illustrated work, Joel Palka further exposes the important role that pilgrimages to ritual landscapes play in Maya culture. . . . An impressive and important work that surely will contribute to pilgrimage studies for years to come.”—Hispanic American Historical Review
“Maya Pilgrimage to Ritual Landscapes is an indispensable asset to the field of landscape studies.”—Journal of Anthropological Research
