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Record Nr.

UNINA9910838323603321

Autore

Schwartz Christopher W

Titolo

Birds of the Sun : Macaws and People in the U. S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest

Pubbl/distr/stampa

, : University of Arizona Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

0-8165-4536-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 pages)

Collana

Amerind Studies in Archaeology

Altri autori (Persone)

PlogStephen

GilmanPatricia A

Disciplina

305.80097

Soggetti

Macaws - Southwest, New - History

Macaws - Mexico, North - History

Indians of North America - Ethnozoology - Southwest, New

Indians of Mexico - Ethnozoology

Ethnoornithology - Southwest, New

Ethnoornithology - Mexico, North

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"The multiple, vivid colors of scarlet macaws and their ability to mimic human speech are key reasons they were and are significant to the Native peoples of the southwestern U.S. and northwest New Mexico. Although the birds' natural habitat is the tropical forests of Mexico and Central America, they were present at multiple archaeological sites in the region. Leading experts in southwestern archaeology explore the reasons why"--