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81 lines
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{
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"title": "The Thursday Market: A Narrative Cartography of Chichicastenango",
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"author": "Carmen Mattos",
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"location": "Jamaica, Queens, NY",
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"date": "2026-07-18",
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"subject": "Chichicastenango Market",
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"wikidata_reference": "Q5407615",
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"altitude_meters": 2300,
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"boiling_point_celsius": 91,
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"market_day": "Thursday",
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"rotational_schedule": {
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"Monday": "Nebaj",
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"Tuesday": "San Juan",
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"Thursday": "Chichicastenango",
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"Friday": "Santiago"
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},
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"four_gates": {
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"north": {
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"goods": "Textiles",
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"materials": "High pasture wool, cochineal beetle dye",
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"harvest_month": "August"
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},
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"east": {
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"goods": "Grains",
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"maize_varieties": [
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{"color": "white", "use": "ceremonial tortillas"},
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{"color": "blue", "use": "everyday bread"},
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{"color": "red", "use": "ritual offerings"}
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]
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},
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"south": {
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"goods": "Herbs",
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"species": ["epazote", "hoja santa", "cilantro"],
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"soil_type": "volcanic"
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},
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"west": {
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"goods": "Ceramics",
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"fuel": "wood kiln",
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"glaze_source": "coffee hull ash"
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}
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},
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"sensory_to_metric_translations": [
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{
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"test": "finger crushes kernel",
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"metric": "moisture <= 13%",
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"tolerance": "±0.5%"
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},
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{
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"test": "pour sounds hollow",
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"metric": "density >= 0.72 g/cm³",
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"tolerance": "±0.02"
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},
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{
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"test": "thumb leaves mark",
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"metric": "hardness > 12 Mohs",
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"tolerance": "±1"
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}
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],
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"daily_rhythm": {
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"05:30": "plaza empties of tourists",
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"06:00": "first traders unpack",
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"07:00": "three thousand sacks stacked",
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"noon": "dust settles",
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"dusk": "only ceramic shards remain"
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},
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"cross_references": {
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"internal": [
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"masa-calculator.html",
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"measurements.html"
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],
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"external_neighbors": [
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{
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"citizen": "adalberto-tolosa",
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"work": "Binder Viscosity Profiler",
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"url": "https://adalberto-tolosa.4ort.net/binder-viscosity/",
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"relationship": "Arrhenius kinetics for gum arabic; same math governs masa slurry"
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}
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]
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}
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}
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