Mending the past: Ix Chel and the invention of a modern pop goddess. From: Antiquity | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Antiquity Publications, Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

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Archaeologists have begun to examine the ways in which knowledge about the ancient past is consumed and appropriated. The Postclassic period supernatural patron of weaving known today as Ixchel, the Maya Moon Goddess, has become a common image in both modern marketing and cultural revitalisation movements within the greater Maya area. A simple search for 'Ixcher on Google or any other search engine produces almost 50 000 instantaneous results for everything from resorts to language schools to feminist retreat centres. How has this relatively obscure deity from ...

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	If you go to Belize ... Newspaper article from: Detroit Free Press (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) ; ...105. Contact 011-501-8-22800 or go to www.cavesbranch.com. IX CHEL: The Tropical Research Center and the farm run by Rosita Arvigo...leads all-day tours for $300. Go to www.rainforestremedies.com. Ix Chel is within walking distance of the upscale Lodge at Chaa Creek...
	Medicine woman carries on old shaman's work.(Knight Ridder Newspapers) Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; ...People come from all over the world to visit the nonprofit Ix Chel Tropical Research Center on the family farm, named for the Mayan...and blistering, and for insect bites and sunburn. In its work, Ix Chel has sent some 3,000 species of Belizean plants to the U.S. National...
	If you go to Belize ...(Knight Ridder Newspapers) Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; ...105. Contact 011-501-8-22800 or go to www.cavesbranch.com. IX CHEL: The Tropical Research Center and the farm run by Rosita Arvigo...leads all-day tours for $300. Go to www.rainforestremedies.com. Ix Chel is within walking distance of the upscale Lodge at Chaa Creek...
	Veredas de Mexico/ De fertilidad y golondrinas.(De Viaje) Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México) ; ...culturas a lo largo de 500 años. Originalmente fue un lugar de peregrinación para visitar el santuario de la diosa Ix Chel, diosa de las inundaciones, la fertilidad, el tejido y tal vez de la luna; en la creencia local se dice que esta diosa aú...
	Cozumel's Maya heritage: archeological sites tell fascinating story of island's earliest settlers. Magazine article from: Travel Agent ; ...common to the island, especially from women who were either pregnant or wanted to get pregnant. They pay homage to the goddess Ix Chel, the deity of the moon, pregnancy and childbirth. It was a tradition among the Maya people in general to make the trip at least...
	Nature tells a secret - Technology, science and the human cost of free trade.(Michael Balick's environmental concerns regarding plants)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Global Cosmetic Industry ; ...gathered plants for screening as potential anti-AIDS and anti-cancer therapeutics; and his research led to the creation of the Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation in Belize, where his fieldwork uncovered thousands of plant species with potential health, as well...
	Rediscovering Your Roots : Belizean botanicals benefit skin, hair, and the environment.(Arum hair and skin care products) Magazine article from: Global Cosmetic Industry ; ...to work. A national public radio news segment featured Dr. Rosita Arvigo, an alternative medicine practitioner in Belize, and Ix Chel Tropical Research Foundation, the organization she co-founded to help study and preserve medicinal plants and traditional healing...
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