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This monumental work from a foremost American anthropologist includes demographics, linguistic relations, social structures, folkways, religion, material culture, and much more. Includes surveys of the Yurok, Pomo, Maidu, Yokuts, and Mohave receiving most attention. A remarkable piece of organization and exposition, the volume includes 479 illustrations and 40 maps.
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A major ethnographic work by a distinguished anthropologist contains detailed information on the social structures, homes, foods, crafts, religious beliefs, and folkways of California's diverse tribes.
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Handbook of the Indians of California, with 419 Illustrations and 40 Maps (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 78)
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Dover Publications, New York, 1976
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Unabridged reprint of 1925 edition. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Very Good. Spine lightly concave, creased and scuffed, pencil notes front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked. 995pp inc. Index; well-illustrated in b/w. 1120 p. Book. Seller Inventory # 044944
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Handbook of the Indians of California
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HANDBOOK OF THE INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA HAND BOOK.with 419 Illustrations and 40 Maps (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin No. 78)
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Dover pub 1976 THUS, Berkeley, 1976
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