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Signifying Animals (One World Archaeology) (Paperback)
by Roy Willis (Editor) "The general topic of this volume, the human-animal relation, returns us to the complex of ideas that provided modern anthropology with its distinctive subject matter..." (more)
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A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Reconsiders the concept of totemism and exposes common fallacies in symbolic interpretation.

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A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Based on first-hand field research among peoples as dissimilar as the Mongolian nomads, Aboriginal Australians, Inuit hunters and the cultivators of Africa and Papua New Guinea. Reconsiders the concept of totemism and exposes common fallacies in symbolic interpretation.

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