Birds of the sun Macaws and people in the U.S. southwest and Mexican northwest edited by Christopher W. Schwartz, Stephen Plog, and Patricia A. Gilman

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Notes: Elecresource; Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment
Summary: "Scarlet macaws are native to tropical forests ranging from the Gulf Coast and southern regions of Mexico to Bolivia, but they are present at numerous archaeological sites in the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest. Although these birds have been noted and marveled at through the decades, new syntheses of early excavations, new analytical methods, and new approaches to understanding the past now allow us to explore the significance and distribution of scarlet macaws to a degree that was previously impossible. Birds of the Sun explores the many aspects of macaws, especially scarlet macaws, that have made them important to Native peoples living in this region for thousands of years. Leading experts discuss the significance of these birds, including perspectives from a Zuni author, a cultural anthropologist specializing in historic Pueblo societies, and archaeologists who have studied pre-Hispanic societies in Mesoamerica and the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest. Chapters examine the highly variable distribution and frequency of macaws in the past, their presence on rock art and kiva murals, the human experience of living with and transporting macaws, macaw biology and life history, and what skeletal remains suggest about the health of macaws in the past. Experts provide an extensive, region-by-region analysis, from early to late periods, of what we know about the presence, health, and depositional contexts of macaws and parrots, with specific case studies from the Hohokam, Chaco, Mimbres, Mogollon Highlands, Northern Sinagua, and Casas Grandes regions, where these birds are most abundant."-- Provided by publisher

Data Source: Smithsonian Libraries

Date: 2022

editor: Schwartz, Christopher W., 1989-; Plog, Stephen; Gilman, Patricia A.,
distributor: Project Muse

Type: Electronic resources; Electronic books; History

Physical description: 1 online resource (xi, 359 pages) illustrations (some color), maps

Place: Southwest, New; Mexico, North; Mexique (Nord); États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest); Mexique; North Mexico; New Southwest

Topic: Macaws--History; Ethnoornithology; Indians of North America--Ethnozoology; Indians of Mexico--Ethnozoology; Ethnoornithologie; Indiens d'Amérique--Ethnozoologie; Aras--Histoire; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Macaws

Record ID: siris_sil_1156960

Usage: CC0