Pueblo Indian Religion, Volume 2

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ISBN: 9780803287365
Dewey: 299.784
LCC Number: E99
Author: Elsie Clews Parsons
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Pages: 551
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The author gives an integrated picture of the complex religious and social life in the pueblos. Volume 2 presents an extensive body of solstice, installation, initiation, war, weather, curing, kachina,, and planting and harvesting ceremonies, as well as games, animal dances, and offerings to the dead. A review of Pueblo ceremonies from tow to town considers variations and borrowings. Today, a half century after its original publication, this book remains central to studies of Pueblo religious life.

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“An indispensable source book for every student of Indian life.”-Science. “A cornerstone and monumental contribution to American ethnology.”-American Anthropologist.

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Weight 2 lbs
Dimensions 8.4 × 5.5 × 1.7 in
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