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    Ancient Panama: Chiefs in Search of Power

    Mary W. Helms

    Adds depth to our understanding of the political and religious elite ruling in Panama at the time of the European conquest

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    Middle America: A Culture History of Heartland and Frontiers

    Mary W. Helms

    Originally published by Prentice-Hall in 1975.

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    Access to Origins: Affines, Ancestors, and Aristocrats

    Mary W. Helms

    A broadly cross-cultural study of aristocracy in chiefly societies.

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    Craft and the Kingly Ideal: Art, Trade, and Power

    Mary W. Helms

    In this study of craft production and long-distance trade in traditional, nonindustrial societies, Mary W. Helms explores the power attributed to objects that either are produced by skilled artisans and/or…

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    Ulysses’ Sail: An Ethnographic Odyssey of Power, Knowledge, and Geographical Distance

    Mary W. Helms

    What do long-distance travelers gain from their voyages, especially when faraway lands are regarded as the source of esoteric knowledge? Mary Helms explains how various cultures interpret space and distance…

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    Ulysses’ Sail: An Ethnographic Odyssey of Power, Knowledge, and Geographical Distance

    Mary W. Helms

    What do long-distance travelers gain from their voyages, especially when faraway lands are regarded as the source of esoteric knowledge? Mary Helms explains how various cultures interpret space and distance…

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    Asang: Adaptation to Culture Contact in a Miskito Community

    Mary W Helms

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    Asang: Adaptation to Culture Contact in a Miskito Community

    Mary W Helms

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