Caciques and Cem! Idols - The Web Spun by Ta!no Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

Informationen zum Autor José R. Oliver is Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Klappentext 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 of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola Zusammenfassung Cemis are both portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirits! which the Tainos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca AD 1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with super-natural or magic powers. This title looks at the relationship between humans and other (non-human) beings that are imbued with cemi power.

Product details

• Authors: José R Oliver, Jose R. Oliver, José R. Oliver, Jose R./ Curet Oliver
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2009
• EAN: 9780817355159
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5515-9
• No. of pages: 432
• Series: Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series; Caribbean Archaeology and Ethn
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Karibik, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, HISTORY / Caribbean & West Indies / General, History - General History