Birds and Beasts of Ancient Latin America
by Benson, Elizabeth P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0813015189
- ISBN 13
- 9780813015187
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.: University Press of Florida, 1997. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xix, 162pp., index, biblio., notes, ill., map. "An engaging overview of the depiction of animals in the pre-Columbian art of Latin America. Drawing on an extensive set of images, many of them previously unpublished, Benson examines the practical, ritualistic, and mythic importance of animals in pre-Columbian life as well as the meanings that animals still have for the modern descendants of those indigenous peoples.".
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- Bookseller
- Quickhatch Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006544
- Title
- Birds and Beasts of Ancient Latin America
- Author
- Benson, Elizabeth P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0813015189
- ISBN 13
- 9780813015187
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Place of Publication
- Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Pre-Columbian Art Native Aboriginal Latin America South Central America Ethnozoology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art and Design; Latin America;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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