Paiute Indians IV: Northern Paiute Archaeology; Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada; Notes on Snakes, Paiutes, Nez Perces at Malheur Reservation (American Indian Ethnohistory: California and Basin-Plateau Indians series) by Grosscup, Gordon L., Percy Train, James R. Heinrichs, W. Andrew Archer & A. B. Meacham - 1974

2 parts: 98 pages with fold out table, map, music scores and plates; 109 pages with map, diagrams, music scores, tables (some folding), plates and appendixes. Royal octavo (9 ½ “ x 6 ½ “ rebound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Original wrappers bound in. From the library of Professor George M Foster. Originally published in Proceedings of Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences volume VIII. 1st thus.This is the notes and reports from the Martin A Ryerson Expedition of 1899 and the Mrs Frank G Logan Expedition of 1900. The reports covered over seventeen tribes, including Aztecs, Huaxtecs, Mayas, Tehuantepecanos (Zapotecs), Zoques, Tzotzils, Tzendals, and Cholas. George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological… Read More

Volume 2 in three parts: Breve Historia de las Divisiones Territoriales by Edmundo O'Gorman: li+261 pages with with index; Mexico y sus Constituciones by Felipe Tena Ramirez: ix+139 pages with tables, bibliography and index; El Sobreseimiento de los Amparos Administrativos en Materia Fiscal by M G Villers: 97 pages. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7 1/2"") bound in half red leather with original wrappers bound in and gilt lettering to spine. Prologue by German Fernandez del Castillo. From the library of George M Foster Volume II of Trabajos Juridicos de Homenaje a la Escuela Libre de Derecho en su XXV Aniversario. From the library of Professor George M Foster. First edition.Volume I of this series was Apuntes para la Historia del Derecho en Mexico by D Toribio Esquivel Obregon. Further volumes were in preparation at the time of this printing. Volume III to be published in four parts. Volume IV in three parts.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18,… Read More

2 volumes: 260 pages with maps (some folding), illustrations, plates (some in color) and figures; 253 pages with maps, tables, illustrations, figures, plates, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 7 1/4") volume one rebound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and original wrappers bound in; volume 2 bound in original wrappers. Inscribed to Professor George M Foster. Copy 244 of 1000 copies issued. First edition.A mining engineer turned ethnologist, the author has done a much needed service by studying in anthropological terms an isolated region inhabited by mestizos. As the method was extensive rather than intensive, the data are mostly in the realm of material culture and linguistics. This work covers all aspects of the area surveyed, from the geography, climate, indigenous peoples, their economics as well as the history. This includes language, the archaeology of the region and a survey of even some potential sites. A scarce work on this subject.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in… Read More

147 pages with frontispiece, tables, plates, illustrations and bibliography. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/2") issued in wrappers. Prologue by Carlos Zolla. Limited to 1000 copies. First edition.This book, Water in the Cosmovision of Indigenous Peoples in Mexico, is a photographic and documentary testimony of the relationship between this important sector of our society and the vital liquid; it is a recognition of their ancestral practices and techniques to rationally use and protect this essential resource. This work represents an important contribution to the diffusion of the different cultures of water in our country. With this, the deep roots of Mexicanness are also strengthened.Condition:Light soiling to wrappers else a very good to fine copy.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/None. 341pp; No DJ, green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fine condition. Richly detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of a South Indian merchant-banking caste, providing the first comprehensive analysis of the interdependence among Indian business practice, social organization, and religion. Illustrated with photos, maps & diagrams.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/None. 341pp; No DJ, green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fine condition. Richly detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of a South Indian merchant-banking caste, providing the first comprehensive analysis of the interdependence among Indian business practice, social organization, and religion. Illustrated with photos, maps & diagrams.

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