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020 $a0300069642 (cl. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)35770946
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050 00 $aE59.D69$bS38 1997
082 00 $a636.7/0089/97$221
100 1 $aSchwartz, Marion.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96096553
245 12 $aA history of dogs in the early Americas /$cMarion Schwartz, with selected drawings by Susan Hochgraf.
260 $aNew Haven, Conn. :$bYale University Press,$c1997.
263 $a9704
300 $axiii, 233 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [197]-220) and index.
520 $aDrawing on chronicles, ethnographies, archaeological reports, myths, biology, and a rich array of visual materials, Marion Schwartz investigates views about dogs in a wide range of native societies in North and South America. She discusses the early domestication of the dog and looks at how hunting and gathering peoples relied on dogs to help with the hunt and to transport food and goods. She provides details about the eating of dogs for ritual purposes or as a dietary staple.
520 8 $aShe describes how dogs were associated with the afterlife, where they functioned as guides or guards, and how dogs were buried in tombs or were sacrificed to the gods in many cultures. She examines pre-Columbian art to see how the dog was portrayed and the various meanings attributed to it.
520 8 $aThe book concludes with a description of the fierce war dogs brought by the Spanish to wreak havoc among the Indians - dogs unlike any the New World had ever seen - and how traditional societies reinvetented their relationship with dogs after the arrival of the Europeans.
650 0 $aIndians$xDomestic animals.
650 0 $aDogs$zAmerica$xHistory.
650 0 $aIndians$xSocial life and customs.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065070
852 00 $bglx$hE59.D69$iS38 1997