Caciques and Cemí idols the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /
Cemís are both portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirit, which the Taínos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca. AD 1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with supernatural or magic powers. This volume takes a close look at the relationship between humans and other (non-huma...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
c2009.
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| Series: | Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |