Title Imprints on Native lands : the Miskito-Moravian settlement landscape in Honduras / Benjamin F. Tillman

Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 186 pages) : illustrations, maps Series First peoples : new directions in Indigenous studies First peoples (2010) Contents The setting: Mosquito Coast geography and the Moravian missionary impetus -- Miskito settlements: change and continuity -- The overt Moravian landscape: churches and compounds -- From top to bottom: Moravian modification of Miskito housing -- Missionaries for Christ, or early prophets of sustainability? Moravian influence on Miskito agriculture -- Uncommon ground: the material culture of Miskito cemeteries Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Miskito Indians -- Missions Miskito Indians -- Land tenure Miskito Indians -- Agriculture Moravians -- Missions -- Honduras -- History SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Moravians -- Missions Honduras Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011005497 ISBN 9780816503339 0816503338

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