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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Marion Schwartz |
| ISBN: | 0300069642 9780300069648 |
| OCLC Number: | 35770946 |
| Description: | xiii, 233 p., [4] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The creation of the American dog -- Hunting, hauling, and herding dogs -- The edible dog -- Dogs in the land of the dead -- Molded, carved, and painted dogs. |
| Responsibility: | Marion Schwartz ; with selected drawings by Susan Hochgraf. |
Abstract:
"Using archaeological (skeletal remains, depictions), historical, ethnographic, mythological, and linguistic evidence, work surveys various roles of domesticated dogs throughout the Americas"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
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