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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press
c2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31454513*spi |
| Sumario: | 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-human) beings that are imbued with cemí power, specifically within the Taíno inter-island cultural sphere encompassing Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. The relationships address the important questions of identity and personhood of the cemí icons and their human ?owners? and the implications of cemí gift-givin. |
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| Descripción Física: | xviii, 306 p. : il., mapas |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [257]-279) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780817381172 |
