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Shells on a desert shore : mollusks in the Seri world / Cathy Moser Marlett ; foreword by Richard S. Felger.

Title
Shells on a desert shore : mollusks in the Seri world / Cathy Moser Marlett ; foreword by Richard S. Felger.
Author
Marlett, Cathy Moser, 1952-
Publication
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2014]

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Description
xx, 281 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm.
Summary
"Shells on a Desert Shore is a fresh, original look at an indigenous culture of North America having a deep and intimate knowledge of the Gulf of California. Cathy Moser Marlett offers a richly illustrated ethnographic work, describing the Seri knowledge of mollusks and their cultural importance"--
Series Statement
Southwest Center series
Uniform Title
Southwest Center series.
Subject
  • Seri Indians > Science
  • Seri Indians > Ethnozoology
  • Seri Indians > Name
  • Mollusks > Social aspects > Sonoran Desert
  • Mollusks > Sonoran Desert > Classification
  • Seri language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9780816530687 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0816530688 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2013038701
OCLC
861273994
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library