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Worlds in the Sky
Planetary Discovery from Earliest Times Through Voyager and Magellan
The University of Arizona Press
William Sheehan gives us a history our fascination with planets, weaving together scientific history, anecdotes surrounding planetary discoveries, and the personal reflections of an incurable amateur astronomer. He describes how we arrived at our current understanding of the Moon and the planets and shows how certain individuals in history shaped the world’s knowledge about the Solar System.
The Navajo Hunter Tradition
The University of Arizona Press
A new approach to the study of myths relating to the origin of the Navajos. Based on extensive fieldwork and research, including Navajo hunter informants and unpublished manuscripts of Father Berard Haile.
Sonora Yaqui Language Structures
By John M. Dedrick and Eugene H. Casad
The University of Arizona Press
Sonora Yaqui Language Structures is a valuable source not only for research on this language family but also for anthropological studies of the Arizona-Sonora cultural region. In addition, it documents an indigenous language for future generations of Yaqui speakers.
Sand, Wind, and War
Memoirs of a Desert Explorer
The University of Arizona Press
Records the work, travels, and adventures of one of the last of the great British explorers, a man who served in both world wars and carved out a special niche in science through his studies of desert sands.
Rudo Ensayo
A Description of Sonora and Arizona in 1764
The University of Arizona Press
An incomparable record of a twelve-year mission in 18th century Sonora, the Rudo Ensayo as rendered in modern English is also a fascinating travelogue through an untamed land.
Rim of Christendom
A Biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino, Pacific Coast Pioneer
By Herbert Eugene Bolton; Foreword by John L. Kessell
The University of Arizona Press
"This re-issued biography recounts [Kino's] work with loving detail and with an accuracy that has survived slight amendments. Its accompanying plates, maps, and bibliography enhance a text that should find a place in every serious library."—Religious Studies Review
Arid Lands in Perspective
Edited by William G. McGinnies and Bram J. Goldman
The University of Arizona Press
Represents the combined efforts of many people with varied orientations to summarize aspects of current research and knowledge relevant for the multitudes attempting to inhabit Earth’s warm arid areas, known for their imbalance of natural resources.
Where the Strange Roads Go Down
The University of Arizona Press
Mary and Fred del Villar's desire to travel "the strange roads" of rural Mexico led to a 750-mile walk from Lake Patzcuaro to the Pacific Ocean in 1951. For three months they endured sun, scorpions, floods, and hunger, but also found warm friendship everywhere they went.
Use-Wear Analysis of Flaked Stone Tools
The University of Arizona Press
This major contribution to archaeological method details the use-wear analysis of a set of stone tools recovered during the excavation of Cassegros Cave, in southwestern France. The study combines low-power and high-power microwear approaches and develops their potential for use on a wider range of lithic and contact materials than have been reported previously.
The People of Sonora and Yankee Capitalists
The University of Arizona Press
Examines how the advent of North American dollars between 1882 and 1910 helped reshape the economic, social, and political contours of a Mexican province on the border of Arizona.
The Origin and Development of the Pueblo Katsina Cult
The University of Arizona Press
Examines the concept of the katsina and the religion that developed around it, focusing on what makes katsinas unique, why the concept was developed, and what adaptive value it had for prehistoric Pueblo culture.
The Discovery of New Mexico by the Franciscan Monk Friar Marcos de Niza in 1539
By Adolph F. Bandelier; Edited by Madeleine Turrell Rodack
The University of Arizona Press
The Chicanos
As We See Ourselves
Edited by Arnulfo D. Trejo
The University of Arizona Press
Thirteen Chicano scholars draw upon their personal experiences and expertise to paint a vivid, colorful portrait of what it means to be a Chicano.
Piman Shamanism and Staying Sickness (Ká:cim Múmkidag)
The University of Arizona Press
This definitive study of shamanic theory and practice was developed through a four-person collaboration: three Tohono O’odham Indians—a shaman, a translator, and a trained linguist—and a non-Indian explicator. It provides an in-depth examination of the Piman philosophy of sickness as well as an introduction to the world view of an entire people.
Phoenix Indian School
The Second Half-Century
The University of Arizona Press
Provides a history of the Phoenix Indian School from 1930 until the graduation of its final class of nineteen students in 1990. Dorothy Parker tells how the Phoenix Indian School not only adapted to policy changes instituted by the federal government but also had to contend with events occurring in the world around it, such as the Great Depression, World War II, and the advent of the "red power" movement.
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