The Covenants With Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

Monaghan, John

ISBN 10: 0806127627 ISBN 13: 9780806127620

Published by Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1995

Language: English

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The Covenants With Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality (Civilization of the American Indian Series)

Publisher

Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0806127627

ISBN 13

9780806127620

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

Condition

Fine

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Near Fine

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An ethnographic study of the Mixtecs, one of the largest Native American groups in Mexico. Focusing on the community of Santiago Nuyoo, located in the Mixteca Alta region, the text describes topics such as Nuyooteco marriage practices, kinship systems, land tenure, cosmology, ritual and feasting.

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John Monaghan is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Vanderbilt University.

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