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Wings in the desert : a folk ornithology of the northern Pimans
- Title
- Wings in the desert : a folk ornithology of the northern Pimans / Amadeo M. Rea ; linguistic consultant, Culver Cassa ; bird sketches by Allan Brooks ... [et al.].
- Author
- Rea, Amadeo M.
- Publication
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2007.
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- Description
- xxi, 293 p. : ill., maps; 32 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Northern Pimans and their environment -- Native consultants -- Documentary sources -- An overview of avian folk taxonomy -- Birds, guardians, shamans, and healers -- Bird keeping and rearing -- Feather use -- Hunting and trapping, game preparation and cooking -- Plan of the folk generics (biological species accounts) -- The species accounts.
- Call Number
- JGG 08-27
- ISBN
- 9780816524594 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0816524599 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007011435
- OCLC
- 122261589
- Author
- Rea, Amadeo M.
- Title
- Wings in the desert : a folk ornithology of the northern Pimans / Amadeo M. Rea ; linguistic consultant, Culver Cassa ; bird sketches by Allan Brooks ... [et al.].
- Imprint
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-276) and index.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- JGG 08-27