Scattered round stones : a Mayo village in Sonora, Mexico /

"From the very first, Teachive captivated me," David Yetman writes in this ethnography of a Mayo Indian peasant village in Sonora, Mexico. Over the centuries, the Mayos have evolved a profound union between the monte, or thornscrub forest, and their cultural life. With the assistance of re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yetman, David, 1941-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press published in cooperation with the University of Arizona Southwest Center, c1998
Albuquerque, NM : University of New Mexico Press, c1998
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Table of Contents:
  • Scattered Round Stones
  • 1 The Land
  • 2. The People: A Brief History
  • 3. The Town
  • 4. The Community
  • 5. Teachive's Worldly Goods
  • 6. The Family
  • 7. The Entanglement: An Opinionated Analysis of the Broader Picture
  • 8. Afterword
  • App. A. Don Vicente's List of the Benefits of Living in the Masiaca Community
  • App. B. Don Vicente's List of Plants Used in the Tajia-Moroyoqui Household
  • App. C. Plants Listed by Scientific Name
  • App. D. Glossary of Spanish (and Mayo) Terms.