How Long to Read Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans

How Long Does it Take to Read Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 14 minutes to read Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans by Amadeo M. Rea

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Knowledge held about animals by Pima-speaking Native Americans of Arizona and northwest Mexico is intimately entwined with their way of life—a way that is fading from memory as beavers and wolves vanish also from the Southwest. Ethnobiologist Amadeo Rea has conducted extensive fieldwork among the Northern Pimans and here shares what these people know about mammals and how mammals affect their lives. Rea describes the relationship of the River Pima, Tohono O'odham (Papago), Pima Bajo, and Mountain Pima to the furred creatures of their environment: how they are named and classified, hunted, prepared for consumption, and incorporated into myth. He also identifies associations between mammals and Piman notions of illness by establishing correlations between the geographical distribution of mammals and ideas regarding which animals do or do not cause staying sickness. This information reveals how historical and ecological factors can directly influence the belief systems of a people. At the heart of the book are detailed species accounts that relate Piman knowledge of the bats, rabbits, rodents, carnivores, and hoofed mammals in their world, encompassing creatures ranging from deer mouse to mule deer, cottontail to cougar. Rea has been careful to emphasize folk knowledge in these accounts by letting the Pimans tell their own stories about mammals, as related in transcribed conversations. This wide-reaching study encompasses an area from the Rio Yaqui to the Gila River and the Gulf of California to the Sierra Madre Occidental and incorporates knowledge that goes back three centuries. Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans preserves that knowledge for scholars and Pimans alike and invites all interested readers to see natural history through another people's eyes.

How long is Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans?

Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans by Amadeo M. Rea is 312 pages long, and a total of 78,624 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 96% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 9 minutes to read Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans aloud.

What Reading Level is Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans?

Folk Mammalogy of the Northern Pimans is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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