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Sacred monkey river : a canoe trip with the gods

Title: Sacred monkey river : a canoe trip with the gods / Christopher Shaw.
Author: Shaw, Christopher.
Publication: New York : W.W. Norton, [2000], ©2000.

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316 pages : maps; 25 cm

Summary

"At the border of Mexico and Guatemala lies one of the most fascinating and least known parts of the world, the cradle of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations. There the Usumacinta River and its highland tributaries form a tantalizing geographic unity that once undergirded the great achievements of the Maya. The man-made vehicle of the region's culture and spirituality was the canoe, the medium for the "Watery Path" connecting the sacred world with the earthly face of the cosmos.".
"Christopher Shaw (a skilled canoeist and former whitewater guide) has traveled these rivers by canoe, penetrating to the heart of an ancient and awe-inspiring landscape, and - despite near-death in a rapid, the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, and the murderous activities of druglords along the river - brings back to us a beautifully told and important tale."--BOOK JACKET.

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Contents

1. Foundation -- 2. Palenque -- 3. Delta and Portage -- 4. The Divide -- 5. The Headwaters -- 6. The Watery Path -- 7. The Canadas and Miramar -- 8. Canon Colorado -- 9. The Lacantun -- 10. The Ambiguous Zone -- 11. Split Sky -- 12. The Cosmogram.

ISBN

0393048373

LCCN

00037221

OCLC

ocm43757633
SCSB-8787609

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Columbia University Libraries