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Author Benson, Elizabeth P

Title Birds and beasts of ancient Latin America / Elizabeth P. Benson ; foreword by Susan Milbrath
Published Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 162 pages) : illustrations (some color), map
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156) and index
Notes English
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Subject Indian art -- Latin America
Indians -- Ethnozoology
Indian mythology -- Latin America
Ethnozoology -- Latin America
Animals -- Mythology -- Latin America
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Animals -- Mythology
Ethnozoology
Indian art
Indian mythology
Latin America
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0813021286
9780813021287