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Mesoamerica is one of six major areas of the world where humans independently changed their culture from a nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle into settled communities, cities, and civilization. In addition to China (twice), the Indus Valley, the Fertile Crescent of southwest Asia, Egypt, and Peru, Mesoamerica was home to exciting and irreversible changes in human culture called the?Neolithic Revolution.{7f2000} The changes included domestication of...
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"The Medicine Man, which won first place at the 1955 Cannes film festival, is indeed a masterful and compelling narrative, always surprising the reader with a final, unexpected twist, eloquently illustrates in "The Sad Story of Pascola Cenobio" where the protagonist receives a sudden, cruel punishment as he prepares for his expected wedded bliss. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
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"Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. Now this companion volume to Professor Coe's bestselling The Maya has been completely revised and expanded for the fourth edition. Enlarged sections are included on early village life and the rise of Olmec civilization. Extraordinary recent discoveries - such as the stela from La Mojarra inscribed in the mysterious...
15) American Indians
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Articles on a wide range of American Indian topics, including personages, tribes, organizations, historical events, cultural traditions, and contemporary issues.
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"In this book we have tried to give a flavour of the extraordinary civilisations that made up pre-hispanic Mexico and to show how many of its ancient customs and beliefs have survived among the Indians today. In no way can it be considered anything more than an introduction to this vast and complex subject."--Publisher's description.
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More than two million people from the Mexican state of Oaxaca live in the United States, and some have brought their indigenous ballgame, pelota mixteca, with them. Pasajuego is the name of the court on which the game is played. Games between Oaxacan communities have grown into international tournaments that are played throughout California, Texas, and Mexico. However, the sport is not just a pastime; it also keeps the Oaxacan culture alive and acts...
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