June 22, 2003
Victor Perera Obituary, NY Times

Perera, author of "The Last Lords of Palenque: The Lacandon Mayas of the Mexican Rain Forest," helped create the image of the Lacandon as the descendants of the kings of Palenque. Historians such as Jan DeVos disputed this romantic view, arguing that they had migrated to to the Lacandon Forest many centuries after the Maya collapse, from Guatemala and Belize.

Victor Perera, 69, Who Wrote of Sephardic Jews and Mayas

Posted by Dave at June 22, 2003 11:06 PM