Living the sky : the cosmos of the American Indian / Ray A. Williamson ; line illustrations by Snowden Hodges.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1987], c1984.Description: xi, 366 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0806120347 (pbk.)
  • 9780806120348 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E 98.A88 W55 1987
Contents:
ch. 1. Myth, buildings, and myth building -- ch. 2. Native American -- ch. 3. Celestial motions and the roots of the calendar -- ch. 4. Southwestern children of the sun -- ch. 5. Pueblo sun watching -- ch. 6. Ancient Pueblo sun buildings -- ch. 7. Navajo: in beauty may they live -- ch. 8. Omens of the sky: bright star and crescent -- ch. 9. Medicine wheels and the Plains Indians -- ch. 10. Pawnee: great morning star -- ch. 11. Eastern sun worship -- ch. 12. California Indians: maintaining the cosmic balance -- ch. 13. Living the sky.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection E98 .A88 W55 1987 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98632132

Bibliography: p. [343]-349.

Includes index.

ch. 1. Myth, buildings, and myth building -- ch. 2. Native American -- ch. 3. Celestial motions and the roots of the calendar -- ch. 4. Southwestern children of the sun -- ch. 5. Pueblo sun watching -- ch. 6. Ancient Pueblo sun buildings -- ch. 7. Navajo: in beauty may they live -- ch. 8. Omens of the sky: bright star and crescent -- ch. 9. Medicine wheels and the Plains Indians -- ch. 10. Pawnee: great morning star -- ch. 11. Eastern sun worship -- ch. 12. California Indians: maintaining the cosmic balance -- ch. 13. Living the sky.

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