Author: Jane Manaster
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896725775
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"Javelinas, or collared peccaries, are one of the most common wild animals of the American Southwest. Living in inhospitable areas, these little relatives of pigs and hippopotami have a public image long confused by folktales and misinformation. This book chronicles the javelinas' lifestyle and facts about their interactions with humans"--Provided by publisher.
Javelinas
Author: Jane Manaster
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896725775
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"Javelinas, or collared peccaries, are one of the most common wild animals of the American Southwest. Living in inhospitable areas, these little relatives of pigs and hippopotami have a public image long confused by folktales and misinformation. This book chronicles the javelinas' lifestyle and facts about their interactions with humans"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896725775
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
"Javelinas, or collared peccaries, are one of the most common wild animals of the American Southwest. Living in inhospitable areas, these little relatives of pigs and hippopotami have a public image long confused by folktales and misinformation. This book chronicles the javelinas' lifestyle and facts about their interactions with humans"--Provided by publisher.
Re-Creating Primordial Time
Author: Gabrielle Vail
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 145718429X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Re-Creating Primordial Time offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography of these important manuscripts. Focusing on both pre-Columbian codices and early colonial creation accounts, Vail and Hernández show that in spite of significant cultural change during the Postclassic and Colonial periods, the mythological traditions reveal significant continuity, beginning as far back as the Classic period. Remarkable similarities exist within the Maya tradition, even as new mythologies were introduced through contact with the Gulf Coast region and highland central Mexico. Vail and Hernández analyze the extant Maya codices within the context of later literary sources such as the Books of Chilam Balam, the Popol Vuh, and the Códice Chimalpopoca to present numerous examples highlighting the relationship among creation mythology, rituals, and lore. Compiling and comparing Maya creation mythology with that of the Borgia codices from highland central Mexico, Re-Creating Primordial Time is a significant contribution to the field of Mesoamerican studies and will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and comparative religions alike.
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 145718429X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Re-Creating Primordial Time offers a new perspective on the Maya codices, documenting the extensive use of creation mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography of these important manuscripts. Focusing on both pre-Columbian codices and early colonial creation accounts, Vail and Hernández show that in spite of significant cultural change during the Postclassic and Colonial periods, the mythological traditions reveal significant continuity, beginning as far back as the Classic period. Remarkable similarities exist within the Maya tradition, even as new mythologies were introduced through contact with the Gulf Coast region and highland central Mexico. Vail and Hernández analyze the extant Maya codices within the context of later literary sources such as the Books of Chilam Balam, the Popol Vuh, and the Códice Chimalpopoca to present numerous examples highlighting the relationship among creation mythology, rituals, and lore. Compiling and comparing Maya creation mythology with that of the Borgia codices from highland central Mexico, Re-Creating Primordial Time is a significant contribution to the field of Mesoamerican studies and will be of interest to scholars of archaeology, linguistics, epigraphy, and comparative religions alike.
Watunna
Author: Marc de Civrieux
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292715899
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Originally published in Spanish in 1970, Watunna is the epic history and creation stories of the Makiritare, or Yekuana, people living along the northern bank of the Upper Orinoco River of Venezuela, a region of mountains and virgin forest virtually unexplored even to the present. The first English edition of this book was published in 1980 to rave reviews. This edition contains a new foreword by David Guss, as well as Mediata, a detailed myth that recounts the origins of shamanism.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292715899
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Originally published in Spanish in 1970, Watunna is the epic history and creation stories of the Makiritare, or Yekuana, people living along the northern bank of the Upper Orinoco River of Venezuela, a region of mountains and virgin forest virtually unexplored even to the present. The first English edition of this book was published in 1980 to rave reviews. This edition contains a new foreword by David Guss, as well as Mediata, a detailed myth that recounts the origins of shamanism.
Bulletin
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Visualizing the Text
Author: Lauren Beck
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611496462
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This volume presents in-depth and contextualized analyses of a wealth of visual materials. The images included in the book provide readers with a mesmerizing and informative glimpse into how the early modern world was interpreted by image-makers and presented to viewers during a period that spans from manuscript culture to the age of caricature.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611496462
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
This volume presents in-depth and contextualized analyses of a wealth of visual materials. The images included in the book provide readers with a mesmerizing and informative glimpse into how the early modern world was interpreted by image-makers and presented to viewers during a period that spans from manuscript culture to the age of caricature.
The Red Book of Animal Stories
Author: Andrew Lang
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A collection of true and fictional tales from various sources about wild, domestic, and mythical animals.
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
A collection of true and fictional tales from various sources about wild, domestic, and mythical animals.
Our Boys
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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Languages : en
Pages : 302
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The Farmer's Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Nature Magazine
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
An illustrated monthly with popular articles about nature.
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
An illustrated monthly with popular articles about nature.
Gastrointestinal Microbiology
Author: Roderick Mackie
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461541115
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
Extremely diverse and complicated bacterial and protozoan populations inhabit the rumen and intestinal tract of animals, and there is a delicate balance among the individual populations within this complex microbial community. This authoritative edited volume, the first in a two-volume set, reviews the gut environment and the fermentations taking place in animal digestive tracts. It is an essential source of reference for microbial ecologists and physiologists, medical microbiologists and gastroenterologists, biochemists, nutritionists, veterinarians and animal scientists, and wildlife ecologists.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461541115
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
Extremely diverse and complicated bacterial and protozoan populations inhabit the rumen and intestinal tract of animals, and there is a delicate balance among the individual populations within this complex microbial community. This authoritative edited volume, the first in a two-volume set, reviews the gut environment and the fermentations taking place in animal digestive tracts. It is an essential source of reference for microbial ecologists and physiologists, medical microbiologists and gastroenterologists, biochemists, nutritionists, veterinarians and animal scientists, and wildlife ecologists.