Author |
Benson, Elizabeth P.
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Subject |
Indian art -- Latin America.
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Indians -- Ethnozoology.
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Indian mythology -- Latin America.
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Ethnozoology -- Latin America.
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Animals -- Mythology -- Latin America.
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Description |
1 online resource (xix, 162 pages) : illustrations (some color), map |
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polychrome rdacc |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156) and index. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Contents |
Foreword / Susan Milbrath -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Animals -- 3. Domesticated Animals -- 4. Hunted Mammals -- 5. Anomalous Animals -- 6. Birds -- 7. Amphibians and Reptiles -- 8. Fish, Crustaceans, and Mollusks -- 9. Conclusion. |
Summary |
"Categorization of animals by domesticated, hunted, anomalous, birds, amphibians and reptiles, fish, crustaceans, and mollusks reveals common themes among depictions from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas |
Note |
English. |
ISBN |
0813021286 (electronic bk.) |
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9780813021287 (electronic bk.) |
OCLC # |
48137938 |
Additional Format |
Print version: Benson, Elizabeth P. Birds and beasts of ancient Latin America. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1997 0813015189 (DLC) 97002976 (OCoLC)36457999. |
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