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Tiahuanacu : une civilisation des Andes
Year: 2001 Publisher: Dijon Editions Faton

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Culture in the Marketplace: Gender, Art, and Value in the American Southwest
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ISBN: 1282903535 9786612903533 0822380609 0822326108 0822326183 Year: 2001 Publisher: Duke University Press

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The creation of the Indian art market in the Southwest in the 20s and 30s.


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La gran Chichimeca: el lugar de las rocas secas
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ISBN: 9701869206 Year: 2001 Publisher: México CONACULTA

The mixtecs of colonial Oaxaca: Ñudzahui history, sixteenth through eighteenth centuries
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ISBN: 0804737568 0804751048 Year: 2001 Publisher: Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press

Faces in the forest
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ISBN: 1282859617 9786612859618 077356960X 9780773569607 0773522565 9780773522565 Year: 2001 Publisher: Montreal, Qué. McGill-Queen's University Press

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In Faces in the Forest Michael Blackstock, a forester and an artist, takes us into the sacred forest, revealing the mysteries of carvings, paintings, and writings done on living trees by First Nations people. Blackstock details this rare art form through oral histories related by the Elders, blending spiritual and academic perspectives on Native art, cultural geography, and traditional ecological knowledge. Faces in the Forest begins with a review of First Nations cosmology and the historical references to tree art. Blackstock then takes us on a metaphorical journey along the remnants of trading and trapping trails to tree art sites in the Gitxsan, Nisga'a, Tlingit, Carrier, and Dene traditional territories, before concluding with reflections on the function and meaning of tree art, its role within First Nations cosmology, and the need for greater respect for all of our natural resources. This fascinating study of a haunting and little-known cultural phenomenon helps us to see our forests with new eyes.

Mesoamerican Healers
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ISBN: 0292797966 0292734549 0292734565 Year: 2001 Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Healing practices in Mesoamerica span a wide range, from traditional folk medicine with roots reaching back into the prehispanic era to westernized biomedicine. These sometimes cooperating, sometimes competing practices have attracted attention from researchers and the public alike, as interest in alternative medicine and holistic healing continues to grow. Responding to this interest, the essays in this book offer a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of Mesoamerican healers and medical practices in Mexico and Guatemala. The first two essays describe the work of prehispanic and colonial healers and show how their roles changed over time. The remaining essays look at contemporary healers, including bonesetters, curers, midwives, nurses, physicians, social workers, and spiritualists. Using a variety of theoretical approaches, the authors examine such topics as the intersection of gender and curing, the recruitment of healers and their training, healers' compensation and workload, types of illnesses treated and recommended treatments, conceptual models used in diagnosis and treatment, and the relationships among healers and between indigenous healers and medical and political authorities.

Catalogue of Byzantine seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art.. 4, The east
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ISBN: 0884022269 0884021947 0884022501 088402282X 0884023095 9780884022503 9780884022268 9780884022824 9780884023098 Year: 2001 Volume: 2 Publisher: Washington: Dumbarton Oaks research library and collection,


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Patrimonio histórico y cultural de México : IV semana cultural de la Dirección de Etnología y Antropología Social
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ISBN: 9701824954 Year: 2001 Publisher: México, D.F. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

The road to Aztlan : art from a mythic homeland : exhibition itinerary : Los Angeles County Museum of art, May 13-August 26, 2001 ; ; ; Austin Museum of art, The Texas Fine Arts Association, October 12 december 30, 2001 : catalogue
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ISBN: 0826324266 Year: 2001 Publisher: Los Angeles Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Gender in pre-hispanic America : a symposium at Dumbarton Oaks, 12 and 13 October 1996
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ISBN: 088402279X Year: 2001 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection,

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