Caciques and Cemí idols : the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /
Cemís are both portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirit, which the Taínos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca. AD 1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with supernatural or magic powers. This volume takes a close look at the relationship between humans and other (non-huma...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2009.
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Collection: | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |