South America
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Ancient Maya Ceramic Economy in the Belize River Valley Region [Paperback]
Kay S. Sunahara (Author)
Regular Price: £21.00
Special Price: £10.00
ISBN: 9781407305936
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR S
Volume: 2018
The central goal of this study is to explore the structure and opreation of ancient Maya economies of the Late Classic Period (AD 700-900) through an examination of the proceses underlying the distribution of ceramic goods within the Belize riv... .... Learn More -
The Expression and Perception of Space in Wayana [Paperback]
Karen Hough (Author)
£26.00ISBN: 9789088900068
Published by : Sidestone Press
Until recently it was assumed that all cultures perceive and express space from the ego. However, this belief in a universal phenomenological bias is currently being challenged by many linguists from several disciplines, who believe that space ... .... Learn More -
Mujeres Latinoamericanas en Movimiento/Latin American Women as a Moving Force [Paperback]
Holmfridur Gardarsdottir (Author)
£30.00ISBN: 9789979547099
Published by : University of Iceland Press
This is the fifth volume of essays on Latin American Women´s Studies published by HAINA (The Association of Nordic Researchers on Gender in Latin America). The volume addresses questions of social- and political science, literary criticism, rel... .... Learn More -
The Aztec Calendar: and other solar monuments [Hardback]
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (Author); F. Solis (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9789706780096
Published by : Grupo Azabache
A unique book that brings together two of the most important expressions of the pre-Hispanic era: The Aztec Calendar and the solar symbol Nahui Ollin . Time has transformed the Aztec Calendar into a symbol associated with ruthless human sacrifi... .... Learn More -
El Calendario Azteca [Hardback]
Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (Author); F. Solis (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9789706780065
Published by : Grupo Azabache
Un libro unico que presenta dos de los elementos mas importantes de la era prehispanica: El Calendario Azteca y el simbolo Nahui Ollin. El tiempo a transformado al Calendario Azteca en un simbolo asociado con despiadados sacrificios humanos. E... .... Learn More -
Pre-Columbian Woven Treasures in the National Museum of Denmark [Paperback]
Lena Bjerregaard (Author)
£15.50ISBN: 9788789384917
Published by : Aarhus University Press
The tremendous collection of about 500 pre-Columbian textiles held in the National Museum of Denmark are catalogued in this slightly oversized volume. The textiles, which are mainly fragments, date from c.500 BC-1550 AD and were found in tombs in ... .... Learn More -
Life on the Amazon: The Anthropology of a Brazilian Peasant Village [Hardback]
Mark Harris (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9780197262399
Published by : British Academy
Innovative contribution to anthropology's interest in how identity is created and defined, using two forms of ethnographic writing to explore the historical and social identity of a village of coboclo fisherpeople who live on the banks of the... .... Learn More -
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A History of Peruvian Literature [Hardback]
James Higgins (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9780905205359
Published by : Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd
Peru, which in this century has produced world-renowned novelists of the stature of Mario Vargas Llosa and José María Arguedas, and poets such as the avant-garde CésarVallejo, possesses a distinctive and varied literary culture of great intrin... .... Learn More
