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The hunting peoples / by Carleton S. Coon ; maps and drawings by Aldren A. Watson.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0941130274
  • ISBN: 9780941130271
  • Physical Description: xvii, 413 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : N. Lyons Books, [1987], ©1971.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1971.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-400) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Living hunters of the world -- Basic equipment of hunters -- Travel abd transport on land and water -- The food quest : hunting and trapping -- Big game hunting -- Fishing -- Gathering -- Food and drugs -- The social organisation of hunters -- MArriage -- Government and fighting -- Speacialization, wealth and trade -- Gods, spirits, myths and tales -- Rites of passage at birth, puberty and death -- Rites of intensification and seasonal ceremonies -- Shamans and healing.
Subject:
Hunting and gathering societies.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library GN 388 .C66 1987 281997 Stacks Available -