A History of Dogs in the Early Americas
by Schwartz, Marion
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300075197
- ISBN 13
- 9780300075199
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About This Item
Yale University Press, 1998. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and bright, white pages. Book has minor wear on the edges and a cover crease that are difficult to see in the scans. For more than 12,000 years the dog has coexisted with humans in the Americas, following pathways much different from those of dogs in Europe and Asia. New World dogs have been viewed as sacred and profane, as deities, as eaters of excrement, and as valued food. This entertaining and enlightening book examines the fluctuating status of dogs in Native America from prehistory to the present. Drawing on chronicles, ethnographies, archaeological reports, myths, biology, and a rich array of visual materials, Marion Schwartz investigates views about dogs in a wide range of native societies in North and South America. She discusses the early domestication of the dog and looks at how hunting and gathering peoples relied on dogs to help with the hunt and to transport food and goods. She provides details about the eating of dogs for ritual purposes or as a dietary staple. She describes how dogs were associated with the afterlife, where they functioned as guides or guards, and how dogs were buried in tombs or were sacrificed to the gods in many cultures. She examines pre-Columbian art to see how the dog was portrayed and the various meanings attributed to it. The book concludes with a description of the fierce war dogs brought by the Spanish to wreak havoc among the Indians?dogs unlike any the New World had ever seen?and how traditional societies reinvented their relationship with dogs after the arrival of the Europeans. The book you see in the images is the actual book we have for sale. Why pay more? When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock.
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- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025001
- Title
- A History of Dogs in the Early Americas
- Author
- Schwartz, Marion
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0300075197
- ISBN 13
- 9780300075199
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 233
- Keywords
- Natural History Canines Dogs Anthropology
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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