Words of the Huron

Investigation into 17th century Huron culture through a kind of linguistic archaeology applied to a language that died midway through the 20th century. Explores construction of longhouses, wooden armor, the use of words for trees in village names, the social-anthropological standards of kinship terms and clans, the Huron conceptualization of European-borne disease, the spirit realm of orenda, Huron nations and kinship groups, relationship with the environment and to material culture, relationship between the French missionaries and settlers and the Huron.

שנה

2007

שפה

English

סדרה

Aboriginal studies series

הוצאה

Wilfrid Laurier University Press

מהדורות

1

עמודים

259

ISBN

9780889205161

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata