Birds and beasts of ancient Latin America
By: Elizabeth P. Benson ; foreword by Susan Milbrath.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Indian art -- Latin America.; Indians -- Ethnozoology.; Indian mythology -- Latin America.; Ethnozoology -- Latin America.; Animals -- Mythology -- Latin America.
Description: "Categorization of animals by domesticated, hunted, anomalous, birds, amphibians and reptiles, fish, crustaceans, and mollusks reveals common themes among depictions from Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156) and index.