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Los Todos Santeros a family album of Mam Indians in the village of Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Guatemala, C.A. 1947-1987 Hans Namuth

Author:
Namuth, Hans  Search this
Physical description:
127 pages illustrations, portraits 29 cm
Type:
Books
Illustrated books
Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés
Place:
Guatemala
Date:
1989
Topic:
Mayas--Social life and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of Central America--Social life and customs  Search this
Mayas--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Indiens d'Amérique--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Guatemala--Maya--Social life  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1155226
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Women and the ancestors : Black Carib kinship and ritual / Virginia Kerns

Author:
Kerns, Virginia 1948-  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 229 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Belize
Date:
1983
C1983
Topic:
Kinship  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Black people--Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
F1505.2.C3K47 1983X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_203440
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Life around the lake embroideries by the women of Lake Pátzcuaro Maricel E. Presilla and Gloria Soto

Author:
Presilla, Maricel E  Search this
Author:
Soto, Gloria  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 26 x
Type:
Juvenile literature
Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Juvenile works
Literature
Place:
Pátzcuaro, Lake (Mexico)
Pátzcuaro, Lac de (Mexique)
Mexico
Lake Pátzcuaro
Date:
1996
Topic:
Purépecha embroidery  Search this
Purépecha Indians--Social life and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Tarasques--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_917026
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Los indios de Panamá / introducción por Noris Correa de Sanjur

Title:
Panamá
Author:
Correa de Sanjur, Noris  Search this
Palacio, William  Search this
Murillo, José Angel  Search this
Antoniadis, Ana María  Search this
Physical description:
39 p., [72] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 32 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Place:
Panama
Date:
1994
[1994]
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Clothing  Search this
Dwellings  Search this
Call number:
F1565 .I36 1994
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_748812
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Social and religious life of a Guatemalan village

Author:
Wagley, Charles 1913-  Search this
Physical description:
150p. plates. 25cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Guatemala
Central America
Santiago Chimaltenango (Guatemala)
Date:
1949
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Religion  Search this
Indian mythology  Search this
Call number:
F1465.2.M3 W13 1949
F1465.2.M3W13 1949
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_399414
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Noche de rábanos : tradiciones navideñas de Oaxaca / Alejandro Méndez Aquino

Author:
Méndez Aquino, Alejandro  Search this
Physical description:
189 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Oaxaca
Oaxaca (Mexico : State)
Date:
1990
[1990]
Topic:
Christmas  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_746182
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The Maya / by Petra Press

Author:
Press, Petra  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Date:
2002
C2002
Topic:
Mayas--History  Search this
Mayas--Social life and customs  Search this
Mayas  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_746379
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Le mouvement du monde : croissance, fécondité et régénération sociale chez les Ngobe de Costa Rica et de Panama / by Corine Le Carrer

Author:
Le Carrer, Corine  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Theses
Place:
Costa Rica
Panama
Date:
2010
Topic:
Guaymi Indians--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1049763
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Blanca flor de mi pueblo : sac kotzij re nu tinimit, ceremonia matrimonial Quezaltenango dramatizacion / por Alfredo Encarnación Ulín

Author:
Ulín Reyes, Alfredo Encarnación  Search this
Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena de Guatemala  Search this
Physical description:
[20] p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Guatemala
Date:
1974
[1974]
Topic:
Marriage customs and rites  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
F1434.2.S63 U39 1974
F1434.2.S63U39 1974
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_378550
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Historia de una caja de comunidad : Tehuacán, 1586-1630 / Blanca Lara Tenorio

Author:
Lara Tenorio, Blanca  Search this
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Mexico)  Search this
Physical description:
151 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Tehuacán
Tehuacán (Mexico)
Date:
2005
Topic:
Indians of Mexico--History  Search this
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities  Search this
Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs  Search this
History  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_918979
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Mestiz@ scripts, digital migrations and the territories of writing / Damián Baca ; foreword by Linda Martín Alcoff

Author:
Baca, Damián 1975-  Search this
Physical description:
xxiv, 210 p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Date:
2008
Topic:
Picture-writing--History  Search this
Mestizos--History  Search this
Mestizos--Social life and customs  Search this
Manuscripts, Mexican (Pre-Columbian)  Search this
Languages--Writing  Search this
Culture--Semiotic models  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_902922
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Pueblos etnicos de Honduras : resumen informativo sobre los pueblos etnicos de Honduras

Author:
Consejo Asesor Hondureño para el Desarrollo de las Etnias Autóctonas  Search this
Physical description:
27 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Honduras
Date:
1988
[1988]
Topic:
Indigenous peoples  Search this
Rural conditions  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
F1505 .P97 1988
F1505.P97 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_387104
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The symbolism of subordination : Indian identity in a Guatemalan town / by Kay B. Warren

Author:
Warren, Kay B. 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 207 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Guatemala
San Andrés Semetabaj (Guatemala)
Date:
1989
Topic:
Ethnic identity  Search this
Religion  Search this
Catholic action  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
F1465.2.C3 W28 1989
F1465.2.C3W28 1989
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_383559
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Indians of California, southwestern United States, and Latin America : photographs of modernized museum exhibits from United States National Museum ; 1955 annual report

Title:
Photographs of modernized museum exhibits from United States National Museum
Author:
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
[12] p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
California
Southwest, New
Date:
1955
1955?]
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E56 .I53 1955
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_714710
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Rarámuri souls : knowledge and social process in northern Mexico / William L. Merrill

Author:
Merrill, William L  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Chihuahua
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
Religion  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
F1221.T25M47 1988X
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_375793
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Your travel guide to ancient Maya civilization / Nancy Day

Author:
Day, Nancy  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Date:
2001
C2001
Topic:
Mayas  Search this
Mayas--Social life and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_714801
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Mesoamerican archaeology : theory and practice / edited by Julia A. Hendon and Rosemary A. Joyce

Author:
Hendon, Julia A (Julia Ann)  Search this
Joyce, Rosemary A. 1956-  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 352 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Central America
Date:
2004
Topic:
Mayas--Antiquities  Search this
Mayas--Material culture  Search this
Mayas--Social life and customs  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_717109
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The measure and meaning of time in Mesoamerica and the Andes / Anthony F. Aveni, editor

Editor:
Aveni, Anthony F.  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 315 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Congresses
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Place:
Central America
Andes Region
Date:
2015
Topic:
Time--Social aspects--History  Search this
Indians of Central America--Social life and customs  Search this
Mayas--Social life and customs  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Indian chronology  Search this
Maya chronology  Search this
Indian calendar--History  Search this
Maya calendar--History  Search this
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1051488
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Planos de interacción del mundo tzotzil : bases ecológicas de la tradición en los Altos de Chiapas George A. Collier ; [tradujo Celia Paschero]

Author:
Collier, George Allen 1942-  Search this
Physical description:
297 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Chiapas
Date:
1976
Topic:
Agriculture  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Human ecology  Search this
Call number:
F1221.T9 C69 S1976
F1221.T9C69 S1976
Data Source:
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_89964
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Where the desert meets the sea : a trader in the land of the Seri Indians / David Yetman ; black and white photographs by Jim Hills

Author:
Yetman, David 1941-  Search this
Subject:
Yetman, David 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 177 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Mexico
Sonora (State)
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
F1221.S43Y48 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_386538

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