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

On the Trail of the Arawaks

1974

84,60 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1974
Luogo di stampa
Norman. University of Oklahoma
Autore
Olsen, Fred, Foreword By George Kubler, Introduction By Irving Rouse
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Central America & West Indies Signed South America
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

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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