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Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series

Caciques and Cemi Idols

The Web Spun by Taíno Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

Oliver, Jose R.

Caciques and Cemi Idols

Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series

Caciques and Cemi Idols

The Web Spun by Taíno Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series: Caciques and Cemi Idols

 

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.


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Beschrijving Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series: Caciques and Cemi Idols

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.


ISBN
9780817316365
Pagina's
306
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Serie
Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series
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Algemene sociale wetenschappen
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1
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Hardback
Taal
Nederlands
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Univ of Alabama Pr