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

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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Bibliographic Details
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.
History
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