Caciques and Cemi Idols: The Web Spun by Taino Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico by José R. Oliver

Caciques and Cemi Idols: The Web Spun by Taino Rulers Between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

Caribbean Archaeology and Ethnohistory

José R. Oliver

306 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

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Cem s are both portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirit, which the Ta nos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca. AD 1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with supernatural or magic powers. This volume takes a close look at ...

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