Caciques and Cemí idols : the web spun by Taíno rulers between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico /

Cemís are both portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirit, which the Taínos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca. AD 1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with supernatural or magic powers. This volume takes a close look at the relationship between humans and other (non-human)...

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Main Author:	Oliver, José R.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.
Series:	Caribbean archaeology and ethnohistory.
Subjects:	Taino Indians > Religion. Taino Indians > Implements. Taino Indians > Colonization. Indians of the West Indies > First contact with other peoples > Hispaniola. Stone implements > Hispaniola > History. Icons > Hispaniola > History. Christianity and culture > Hispaniola. Christianity and other religions > Hispaniola. Syncretism (Religion) > Hispaniola. Spain > Colonies > America. Hispaniola > Colonization. Hispaniola > Antiquities.
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