num_pages: 416
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Covenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Society
titlecomplete: The Covenants with Earth and Rain: Exchange, Sacrifice, and Revelation in Mixtec Society (Civilization of the American Indian Series)
ratings_count: 10
publisher: University of Oklahoma Press