Epigraphers, archaeologists, historians, and ethnographers contribute to a broad study of people in eastern Guatemala, western Honduran, and northwestern El Salvador, long considered Ladino or non-Maya, but now seeking recognition of their Ch'orti' Mayan heritage and living culture. They cover the Ch'orti' language and its relationship to ancient Mayan, the pre-Columbian history of the Ch'orti' area, the Ch'orti' today, and putting Ch'orti' research in longitudinal context. Specific topics include Maya glyphs written in Ch'olti'an, the classic period immigrants into El Salvador's Zapotitá Valley, a Ch'orti' tale about Coyote and Rabbit told by Lorenza Martínez, and producing Ch'orti' ethnography during the Great Depression 1930-40. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)