{"product_id":"folk-mammalogy-of-the-northern-amadeo-m-rea-9780816516636","title":"Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans","description":"\u003cb\u003eKnowledge held about animals\u003c\/b\u003e by Pima-speaking Native Americans of Arizona and northwest Mexico is intimately entwined with their way of life--a way that is fading from memory as beavers and wolves vanish also from the Southwest. Ethnobiologist Amadeo Rea has conducted extensive fieldwork among the Northern Pimans and here shares what these people know about mammals and how mammals affect their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rea describes the relationship of the River Pima, Tohono O'odham (Papago), Pima Bajo, and Mountain Pima to the furred creatures of their environment: how they are named and classified, hunted, prepared for consumption, and incorporated into myth. He also identifies associations between mammals and Piman notions of illness by establishing correlations between the geographical distribution of mammals and ideas regarding which animals do or do not cause staying sickness. This information reveals how historical and ecological factors can directly influence the belief systems of a people. At the heart of the book are detailed species accounts that relate Piman knowledge of the bats, rabbits, rodents, carnivores, and hoofed mammals in their world, encompassing creatures ranging from deer mouse to mule deer, cottontail to cougar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rea has been careful to emphasize folk knowledge in these accounts by letting the Pimans tell their own stories about mammals, as related in transcribed conversations. This wide-reaching study encompasses an area from the Rio Yaqui to the Gila River and the Gulf of California to the Sierra Madre Occidental and incorporates knowledge that goes back three centuries. \u003ci\u003eFolk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans\u003c\/i\u003e preserves that knowledge for scholars and Pimans alike and invites all interested readers to see natural history through another people's eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amadeo M. Rea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816516634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816516636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.59h x 6.39w x 1.17d","brand":"Amadeo M. Rea","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072816345343,"sku":"9780816516636","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fb8bcfa-dda0-4940-be83-55b42e1f1299.jpg?v=1685444096","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/folk-mammalogy-of-the-northern-amadeo-m-rea-9780816516636","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}