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On the Trail of the Arawaks
by Olsen, Fred (1891-1986) signed
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0806111372
- ISBN 13
- 9780806111377
- Seller
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About This Item
xix+408 pages with illustrations, both black and white and color, 15 maps, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2") issued in blue-green cloth with black lettering to spine. Foreword by George Kubler, introduction by Irving Rouse. Signed First edition.
Amerindians of the "Saladoid" culture, originally came from the Venezuelan mainland. They were referred to as "Arawaks", because of the language they spoke. Using Trinidad as a stepping stone they spread up the Caribbean and beyond. Ethnologist have noted common characteristics with the cultures of south eastern USA. For many years this led some to believe that they originated there, archaeological finds have confirmed that their origin is most certainly Amazonic.
Condition:
Dust jacket corners and spine ends lightly chipped, rubbed, light edge wear, price clipped. A very good copy in a very good jacket.
Amerindians of the "Saladoid" culture, originally came from the Venezuelan mainland. They were referred to as "Arawaks", because of the language they spoke. Using Trinidad as a stepping stone they spread up the Caribbean and beyond. Ethnologist have noted common characteristics with the cultures of south eastern USA. For many years this led some to believe that they originated there, archaeological finds have confirmed that their origin is most certainly Amazonic.
Condition:
Dust jacket corners and spine ends lightly chipped, rubbed, light edge wear, price clipped. A very good copy in a very good jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS006854
- Title
- On the Trail of the Arawaks
- Author
- Olsen, Fred (1891-1986) signed
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0806111372
- ISBN 13
- 9780806111377
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1974
- Pages
- xix+408 pages with illustrations, both black and white and color, 15 maps, bibliography and index
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- NATIVE AMERICANS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
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