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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Into the heart Into the heart Good, Kenneth.,Kenneth Good,David Chanoff This is an absorbing, thrilling account of an American anthropologist’s foray into the heart of the Amazon, where for twelve years he lived among the Yanomama, learned their language, was accepted in… OL2066740W
The ancient Maya The ancient Maya Robert Sharer,Loa Traxler,Robert J. Sharer "Comprehensive synthesis of ancient Maya scholarship. Extensive summary of the archaeology of the Maya world provides the historical context for a detailed topical synthesis of chronological and geog… OL2981697W
An account of the antiquities of the Indians An account of the antiquities of the Indians Fray Ramon Pané Accompanying Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1494 was a young Spanish friar named Ramón Pané. The friar’s assignment was to live among the “Indians” whom Columbus had “discovered” o… OL3669418W
Felicia, american in search of their prehistoric past Felicia, american in search of their prehistoric past Felicia Antonelli Holton,Stuart Struever 258 p., [12] p. of plates : 22 cm OL3877000W
The Canela The Canela Jean Crocker,Jean G. Crocker,William H. Crocker "This text is a case study of one people, the Canela, which traces changes through time, a group uniquely held together by social and sexual bonds, and reveals the ethnographer's fieldwork practices.… OL3971330W