ABSTRACT
Many Jacalteco travelers know all the possible pathways and roads through their feet and legs, many with loads on their backs. They know expanses and heights first by walking them on brushy trails under a glaring sun. Many understand borders, as "imagined" as they may be, not through maps, but through running to dodge border guards representing very tangible consequences for those caught. Thus, while borders are physical and social constructions imagined upon the landscape, clearly, fences, gates, and border guards are not. Jacaltecos also know what it is to try and to fail to cross such borders. Though most Jacaltecos have lived in societal margins, not all of their stories of travel are solely those of hardship and loss. Travel among most Jacaltecos must be understood from the perspective of those whose feet are far tougher than their calloused hands. Other crosses in and around Jacaltenango signify places where dueños or Q'ues in Jacalteco, protect land and crops.
