Jason Ramsey is a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada. He received his M.A. and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.

• 1. Introduction2. Of Sheep, Saliva, and Broken Bones: Anti-social Appetites and The Things of the Ancestors3. Patrimonio, Consumption, and Gossip4. ‘Division in Chunchucmil’: Narratives of Rupture and Redevelopment5. ‘The Paper Talks’6. A Church Grows in Yucatán7. Chunchucmil’s Two Virgins: The Immaculate Reproduction and the Excesses of Growth8. “You Don’t Know How it Came to Be”: Dueños, ‘Knowledge’ and Belonging9. Conclusion10 Coda

Jason Ramsey is a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada. He received his M.A. and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.

• 1. Introduction2. Of Sheep, Saliva, and Broken Bones: Anti-social Appetites and The Things of the Ancestors3. Patrimonio, Consumption, and Gossip4. ‘Division in Chunchucmil’: Narratives of Rupture and Redevelopment5. ‘The Paper Talks’6. A Church Grows in Yucatán7. Chunchucmil’s Two Virgins: The Immaculate Reproduction and the Excesses of Growth8. “You Don’t Know How it Came to Be”: Dueños, ‘Knowledge’ and Belonging9. Conclusion10 Coda

Jason Ramsey is a faculty member in the Department of Anthropology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada. He received his M.A. and PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.

• 1. Introduction2. Of Sheep, Saliva, and Broken Bones: Anti-social Appetites and The Things of the Ancestors3. Patrimonio, Consumption, and Gossip4. ‘Division in Chunchucmil’: Narratives of Rupture and Redevelopment5. ‘The Paper Talks’6. A Church Grows in Yucatán7. Chunchucmil’s Two Virgins: The Immaculate Reproduction and the Excesses of Growth8. “You Don’t Know How it Came to Be”: Dueños, ‘Knowledge’ and Belonging9. Conclusion10 Coda