Myths And Tales Of The Matako Indians The Gran Chaco Argentina
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Myths And Tales Of The Matako Indians
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Author : Alfred Metraux
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
Myths And Tales Of The Matako Indians written by Alfred Metraux and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1933 with categories.
Myths And Tales Of The Matako Indians The Gran Chaco Argentina
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Author : Alfred Métraux
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Myths And Tales Of The Matako Indians The Gran Chaco Argentina written by Alfred Métraux and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Indians of South America categories.
Etnologiska Studier
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Author : Göteborgs etnografiska museum
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
Etnologiska Studier written by Göteborgs etnografiska museum and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with Ethnology categories.
The Specter Of Races
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Author : Anke Birkenmaier
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2016-06-20
The Specter Of Races written by Anke Birkenmaier and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-20 with Literary Criticism categories.
Arguing that race has been the specter that has haunted many of the discussions about Latin American regional and national cultures today, Anke Birkenmaier shows how theories of race and culture in Latin America evolved dramatically in the period between the two world wars. In response to the rise of scientific racism in Europe and the American hemisphere in the early twentieth century, anthropologists joined numerous writers and artists in founding institutions, journals, and museums that actively pushed for an antiracist science of culture, questioning pseudoscientific theories of race and moving toward more broadly conceived notions of ethnicity and culture. Birkenmaier surveys the work of key figures such as Cuban historian and anthropologist Fernando Ortiz, Haitian scholar and novelist Jacques Roumain, French anthropologist and museum director Paul Rivet, and Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, focusing on the transnational networks of scholars in France, Spain, and the United States to which they were connected. Reviewing their essays, scientific publications, dictionaries, novels, poetry, and visual arts, the author traces the cultural study of Latin America back to these interdisciplinary discussions about the meaning of race and culture in Latin America, discussions that continue to provoke us today.
Myths Of The Toba And Pilag Indians Of The Gran Chaco
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Author : Alfred Métraux
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Myths Of The Toba And Pilag Indians Of The Gran Chaco written by Alfred Métraux and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Indian mythology categories.
The Taking And Displaying Of Human Body Parts As Trophies By Amerindians
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Author : Richard J. Chacon
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-08-21
The Taking And Displaying Of Human Body Parts As Trophies By Amerindians written by Richard J. Chacon and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-21 with Social Science categories.
This edited volume mainly focuses on the practice of taking and displaying various body parts as trophies in both North and South America. The editors and contributors (which include Native Peoples from both continents) examine the evidence and causes of Amerindian trophy taking. Additionally, they present objectively and discuss dispassionately the topic of human proclivity toward ritual violence. This book fills the gap in literature on this subject.
Cultural Astronomy In Latin America
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Author : Steven Gullberg
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2024-02-06
Cultural Astronomy In Latin America written by Steven Gullberg and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-06 with Science categories.
This book provides a unique view of Astronomy in Culture, Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy involving ancient civilizations in Latin America, emphasizing scientific and cultural knowledge combined with historical, cognitive, archaeological and anthropological aspects. Topics covered in the book include different associations of ancient civilizations with the stars and planets, whether in farming, architecture, social organization, beliefs, myths, religion, metric systems, calendar construction, shrines, and variations in astronomical research methods based on the types of material evidence available. Special attention is paid to the war cycles associated with observed celestial events, day-counting calendars, including movements in the sky and written evidences from codices, and in particular the Andean and Inca traditions of astronomically associated shrines, caves and celestial alignments of monuments and temples.
The World Dream Book
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Author : Sarvananda Bluestone
language : en
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Release Date : 2002-12
The World Dream Book written by Sarvananda Bluestone and has been published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A unique self-help guide to dream interpretation using techniques and icons from cultures around the world. • Challenges the assumption that all symbols universally signify the same thing to all dreamers. • Includes numerous stories, games, and exercises for inducing, recalling, interpreting, and utilizing dreams. • Extends beyond Jung and Freud to include dream theory from numerous world cultures, including the Temiar of Malaya, the African Ibans, the Lepchka of the Himalayas, and the Ute of North America. Dreaming can be used as a tool for understanding our own consciousness, enhancing creativity, receiving visions, conquering fears, interpreting recent events, healing the body, and evolving the soul. Tapping into the vast dreaming experiences and lore of the world's cultures--from the Siwa people of the Libyan desert to the Naskapi Indians of Labrador--Sarvananda Bluestone challenges the assumption that all symbols universally signify the same thing to all dreamers. The World Dream Book encourages readers to develop their own, personalized symbols for understanding their consciousness and provides a series of stories, multicultural techniques, and games to help them do so. Playful explorations, such as the aboriginal "Sipping the Water of the Moon," teach how to induce, recall, interpret, and utilize the power of dreams. Readers will discover how a stone under a pillow can help us remember a dream and will explore their own dormant artist and writer as they reclaim the power of their sleeping consciousness. Sarvananda Bluestone applies his uniquely engaging style to demonstrate that, with a few simple tools, everybody has the capacity to unleash their full dreaming potential.
Evolving Brains Emerging Gods
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Author : E. Fuller Torrey
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-05
Evolving Brains Emerging Gods written by E. Fuller Torrey and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with Science categories.
Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution. Based on an idea originally proposed by Charles Darwin, Torrey marshals evidence that the emergence of gods was an incidental consequence of several evolutionary factors. Using data ranging from ancient skulls and artifacts to brain imaging, primatology, and child development studies, this book traces how new cognitive abilities gave rise to new behaviors. For instance, autobiographical memory, the ability to project ourselves backward and forward in time, gave Homo sapiens a competitive advantage. However, it also led to comprehension of mortality, spurring belief in an alternative to death. Torrey details the neurobiological sequence that explains why the gods appeared when they did, connecting archaeological findings including clothing, art, farming, and urbanization to cognitive developments. This book does not dismiss belief but rather presents religious belief as an inevitable outcome of brain evolution. Providing clear and accessible explanations of evolutionary neuroscience, Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods will shed new light on the mechanics of our deepest mysteries.
Latin American Indigenous Warfare And Ritual Violence
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Author : Richard J. Chacon
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2019-04-02
Latin American Indigenous Warfare And Ritual Violence written by Richard J. Chacon and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with History categories.
This groundbreaking multidisciplinary book presents significant essays on historical indigenous violence in Latin America from Tierra del Fuego to central Mexico. The collection explores those uniquely human motivations and environmental variables that have led to the native peoples of Latin America engaging in warfare and ritual violence since antiquity. Based on an American Anthropological Association symposium, this book collects twelve contributions from sixteen authors, all of whom are scholars at the forefront of their fields of study. All of the chapters advance our knowledge of the causes, extent, and consequences of indigenous violence—including ritualized violence—in Latin America. Each major historical/cultural group in Latin America is addressed by at least one contributor. Incorporating the results of dozens of years of research, this volume documents evidence of warfare, violent conflict, and human sacrifice from the fifteenth century to the twentieth, including incidents that occurred before European contact. Together the chapters present a convincing argument that warfare and ritual violence have been woven into the fabric of life in Latin America since remote antiquity. For the first time, expert subject-area work on indigenous violence—archaeological, osteological, ethnographic, historical, and forensic—has been assembled in one volume. Much of this work has heretofore been dispersed across various countries and languages. With its collection into one English-language volume, all future writers—regardless of their discipline or point of view—will have a source to consult for further research. CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction Richard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza 1. Status Rivalry and Warfare in the Development and Collapse of Classic Maya Civilization Matt O’Mansky and Arthur A. Demarest 2. Aztec Militarism and Blood Sacrifice: The Archaeology and Ideology of Ritual Violence Rubén G. Mendoza 3. Territorial Expansion and Primary State Formation in Oaxaca, Mexico Charles S. Spencer 4. Images of Violence in Mesoamerican Mural Art Donald McVicker 5. Circum-Caribbean Chiefly Warfare Elsa M. Redmond 6. Conflict and Conquest in Pre-Hispanic Andean South America: Archaeological Evidence from Northern Coastal Peru John W. Verano 7. The Inti Raymi Festival among the Cotacachi and Otavalo of Highland Ecuador: Blood for the Earth Richard J. Chacon, Yamilette Chacon, and Angel Guandinango 8. Upper Amazonian Warfare Stephen Beckerman and James Yost 9. Complexity and Causality in Tupinambá Warfare William Balée 10. Hunter-Gatherers’ Aboriginal Warfare in Western Chaco Marcela Mendoza 11. The Struggle for Social Life in Fuego-Patagonia Alfredo Prieto and Rodrigo Cárdenas 12. Ethical Considerations and Conclusions Regarding Indigenous Warfare and Ritual Violence in Latin America Richard J. Chacon and Rubén G. Mendoza References About the Contributors Index