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The Aborigines of Puerto Rico and neighboring islands [[electronic resource] /] / Jesse Walter Fewkes
| The Aborigines of Puerto Rico and neighboring islands [[electronic resource] /] / Jesse Walter Fewkes |
| Autore | Fewkes Jesse Walter <1850-1930.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
| Disciplina | 972.95/0049839 |
| Collana | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory |
| Soggetto topico | Indians of the West Indies - Puerto Rico |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8173-8249-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Physical features of Porto Rico; Precolumbian population; Present descendants of the Porto Rican Indians; Race and kinship; Bodily characteristics; Mental and moral characteristics; Government; Political divisions; Houses; Thatched with grasses; Thatched with palm leaves; With palm leaves on walls, and straw-thatched roofs; With slabs of palm wood on walls; Secular customs; Naming children; marriage customs; Hunting and fishing; Agriculture; Religion; Zemiism; Zemis of wood; Zemis of stone; Zemis of cotton cloth inclosing bones; Zemis painted on their bodies and faces
PriesthoodDivination; Medicine practices; Narcotics; Rites and ceremonies; Ceremony to bring crops; Survival of ceremony in modern dances; Burial ceremonies; Myths; Traditions of origin; A modern legend; The name Borinquen; Archeological sites; Dance plazas; Shell heaps; Caves; Archeological objects; Celts; Enigmatical stones; Pestles; Mortars; Beads and pendants; Stone balls; Three-pointed stones; Type with head on anterior and legs on posterior projection; Type with face between anterior and conoid projection; Type with conoid projection modified into a head; Smooth stones; Interpretation Semicircular stonesStone heads; Disks with human faces; Stone amulets; Pictographs; River pictographs; Cave pictographs; Stone collars; Massive collars; Slender collars; Theories of the use of stone collars; Elbow stones; Knobbed heads; Pillar stones; Large stone idols; Pottery; Shell and bone carvings; Wooden objects; Cassava graters; Dance object; Swallowing-sticks; Ceremonial baton; Idols; Stools; Canoes; Other objects; Gold objects; Basketry and textiles; Conclusions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465541803321 |
Fewkes Jesse Walter <1850-1930.>
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| Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Aborigines of Puerto Rico and neighboring islands [[electronic resource] /] / Jesse Walter Fewkes
| The Aborigines of Puerto Rico and neighboring islands [[electronic resource] /] / Jesse Walter Fewkes |
| Autore | Fewkes Jesse Walter <1850-1930.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 p.) |
| Disciplina | 972.95/0049839 |
| Collana | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory |
| Soggetto topico | Indians of the West Indies - Puerto Rico |
| ISBN | 0-8173-8249-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Physical features of Porto Rico; Precolumbian population; Present descendants of the Porto Rican Indians; Race and kinship; Bodily characteristics; Mental and moral characteristics; Government; Political divisions; Houses; Thatched with grasses; Thatched with palm leaves; With palm leaves on walls, and straw-thatched roofs; With slabs of palm wood on walls; Secular customs; Naming children; marriage customs; Hunting and fishing; Agriculture; Religion; Zemiism; Zemis of wood; Zemis of stone; Zemis of cotton cloth inclosing bones; Zemis painted on their bodies and faces
PriesthoodDivination; Medicine practices; Narcotics; Rites and ceremonies; Ceremony to bring crops; Survival of ceremony in modern dances; Burial ceremonies; Myths; Traditions of origin; A modern legend; The name Borinquen; Archeological sites; Dance plazas; Shell heaps; Caves; Archeological objects; Celts; Enigmatical stones; Pestles; Mortars; Beads and pendants; Stone balls; Three-pointed stones; Type with head on anterior and legs on posterior projection; Type with face between anterior and conoid projection; Type with conoid projection modified into a head; Smooth stones; Interpretation Semicircular stonesStone heads; Disks with human faces; Stone amulets; Pictographs; River pictographs; Cave pictographs; Stone collars; Massive collars; Slender collars; Theories of the use of stone collars; Elbow stones; Knobbed heads; Pillar stones; Large stone idols; Pottery; Shell and bone carvings; Wooden objects; Cassava graters; Dance object; Swallowing-sticks; Ceremonial baton; Idols; Stools; Canoes; Other objects; Gold objects; Basketry and textiles; Conclusions |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791972203321 |
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Fewkes Jesse Walter <1850-1930.>
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| Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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