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Houses and house-life of the American aborigines. Cover Image Book Book

Houses and house-life of the American aborigines. With an introd. by Paul Bohannan.

Record details

  • Physical Description: xxxi, 319 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press [1965]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published as volume 4 of Contributions to North American ethnology ... 1881."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliographical footnotes.
Formatted Contents Note:
Social and governmental organization -- The law of hospitality and its general practice -- Communism in living -- Usages and customs with respect to land and food -- Houses of Indian tribes north of New Mexico -- Houses of the sedentary Indians of New Mexico -- Houses in ruins of the sedentary Indians of the San Juan River and its tributaries -- Houses in ruins of the sedentary Indians of the San Juan River and its tributaries (continued) -- Houses of the mound-builders -- Houses of the Aztecs or ancient Mexicans -- Ruins of houses of the sedentary Indians of Yucatan and Central America.
Subject: Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
Indians of North America > Dwellings.
Indians of Mexico > Social life and customs.
Indians of South America > Social life and customs.
Indians Mexico > Dwellings.
Indians of South America > Dwellings.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .D9 M67 1965 259306 Stacks Available -


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