Sacred sites : the secret history of southern California
- Author/Creator:
- Suntree, Susan
- Publication/Creation:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2010]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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- Full Title:
- Sacred sites : the secret history of southern California / Susan Suntree ; foreword by Gary Snyder ; introduction by Lowell John Bean ; photographs by Juergen Nogai
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Cosmology--Poetry
Natural history--North America--Poetry
Indigenous peoples of North America--Poetry
Indian mythology--California, Southern--Poetry
California, Southern--History--Poetry
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- The origins of southern California : western science. Light, space, matter -- Galaxy, planet, moon, rain -- Wandering North America, life, death -- Reptiles, flowers, mammals, rivers -- Southern California coming : mountains in motion -- Southern California ice age : bountiful homeland -- The origins of southern California : indigenous myths and songs. Universe, world, people -- The great Captain Wiyot : death, spirit, power -- Food, feasting, deer, moon -- The First people -- Human beings : singers, balance keepers -- White people.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xx, 291 pages : illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990016396330302486
- ISBN:
- 0803231989 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803231986 (cloth : alk. paper) - OCLC Number:
- 555650055
- Barcode:
- 010002474419
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