Word: communalism
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...descendants of this ancient people have so strongly impressed themselves upon the Spaniards as to compel the latter people to learn the Maya language. He pointed out the two theories as to the use of the buildings whose ruins we find upon the terraces; 1st, that they were communal houses like those of the ancient Pueblos; 2d, that they were the official houses of a migratory people. The climate of Yucatan is such that these ruins are rapidly disappearing. In conclusion, Mr. Agassiz expressed the hope that the public would aid the society to investigate these ruins before they were...