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Olsen, Fred, Foreword By George Kubler, Introduction By Irving Rouse

On the Trail of the Arawaks

1974

84.60 €

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Year of publication
1974
Place of printing
Norman. University of Oklahoma
Author
Olsen, Fred, Foreword By George Kubler, Introduction By Irving Rouse
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Central America & West Indies Signed South America
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xix, 408 pp, 136 illustrations including color, plates, from photos and drwgs, 16 maps including double-page, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (lightly rubbed at edge, not price clipped), clean and fine, presentation copy signed & dated by author. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author describes the Sarawak people as one of the most advanced people of the New World and traveled widely to many of their archaeological sites from Antigua, Saladero, Guadeloupe, St. Vincent, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Colombia, Peru, along the Orinoco, etc, collecting their artifacts, and describing their way of life, including ball games played with rubber ball, cultivation and use of manioc, etc, and traces their origin. This copy has a loose extract article from the New Haven Register, 1968, on Olsen and his Arawak collection with color photographs.
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