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Convenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality (Revised)

Convenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Sociality (Revised)

by Monaghan, John D
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In this book, John Monaghan explores the culture of the Mixtecs, today one of the largest Native American groups in Mexico. Focusing on the community of Santiago Nuyoo, located in the mountainous Mixteca Alta region, he describes Nuyooteco marriage practices, gift exchange, kinship systems, land tenure, cosmology, ritual, and feasting.

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Pub dateSep 15, 1999
ISBN-100806131926
ISBN-139780806131924
LanguageEnglish
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