The edge of enchantment : sovereignty and ceremony in Huatulco, Mexico
eBook, English, ©2002
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution ; Distributed by Fulcrum Press, Washington, Golden, Colo., ©2002
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Foreword / W. Richard West
Introduction: The place at the edge of the sea
Bohias = Bays. Bahia de Santa Crus = Bay of the Holy Cross ; El Pedimento ; Bajos de Coyula : lowlands of coyula ; Bajos del Arenal : sandy lowlands ; Cacaluta (Cacalotepec) = The Hill of the Crows ; Bahia Chahue : the place that floods ; Arrocito = little rice ; Punta arena : sandy point ; Tangolunda = beautiful woman ; Barra de la Cruz = the sandbar of the cross
Rios = Rivers. Rio Copalita, the river of incense, and La Bocana ; Rio Seco = the dry river ; Zimatan (Cimatlan) = the root of the mountain
Montes = Mountains. Xadani = foothills ; San Miguel del Puerto, the wingless saint ; Cerro Lobo = Wolf Mountain ; Cuajinicuil = the place of the cuil tree ; Xuchitl = flower mountain ; Benito Judrez
Palbados = Villages. Santa Maria Huatulco (Coatulco) ; Erradura and the footprint of Santo Tomas ; On the way to San Mateo Pi~nas ; Piedra de Moros = rock of the Moors ; Paso de los Robles ; San Isidro Chacalapa = the place of the sweetwater shrimp ; Santiago Astata = the place of the storks ; San Pedro Huamelula = the place of the seeded trees ; Feast of San Pedro : the path of the alligator
El encanto del norte = the enchantment of the north. Baja California : the peninsula and the border ; Baja California Norte ; California ; New Jersey ; Epilogue
Published in conjunction with the exhibition The Edge of Enchantment, on view at the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, New York City, 31 October 2002 through August 2003
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