When Stars Came Down to Earth: Cosmology of the Skidi Pawnee Indians of North America
by Von Del Chamberlain
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0879190981
- ISBN 13
- 9780879190989
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Softcover- was never published in hardcover edition. Softcover is the true First Edition.
Softcover is in very good condition, volume has slight bumped edges. Binding tight, text very clean and unmarked.
This book is a scarce, small academic press study of the Skidi Pawnee 'ethnoastronomy'. The works attempts to describe ritual objects and astronomical phenomena as perceived by a Native Tribe and the effects that those had on their religious and cultural practices. This book is one of the most important sources for Native American ethnology related to astronomy, and is often cited in books on the subject.
Softcover is in very good condition, volume has slight bumped edges. Binding tight, text very clean and unmarked.
This book is a scarce, small academic press study of the Skidi Pawnee 'ethnoastronomy'. The works attempts to describe ritual objects and astronomical phenomena as perceived by a Native Tribe and the effects that those had on their religious and cultural practices. This book is one of the most important sources for Native American ethnology related to astronomy, and is often cited in books on the subject.
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- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08-22-2022-03
- Title
- When Stars Came Down to Earth
- Author
- Von Del Chamberlain
- Illustrator
- (cred) Smithsonian Institution
- Format/Binding
- Softcover, Tight.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0879190981
- ISBN 13
- 9780879190989
- Publisher
- Ballena Press/Center for Archeoastronomy Cooperative
- Place of Publication
- Los Altos, California
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 270
- Size
- 11" x 7"
- Keywords
- Cosmology, Archeoastronomy, Skidi Pawnee, Native American Astronomy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Astronomy;
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- First Edition
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