Speaking through the aspens : Basque tree carvings in California and Nevada
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Bibliographic Information
Speaking through the aspens : Basque tree carvings in California and Nevada
（The Basque series）
University of Nevada Press, c2000
- : hbk.
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index
Contents of Works
- A forest of names : Peavine Mountain and Copper Basin
- Culture in the carvings : Euskara, homeland, politics, and English
- Sheepherding according to the sheepherders
- Life without women
- Artists, sheep camps, and bread ovens
- Conclusions
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text looks at the solitary Basque sheepherders who helped to create a major agricultural industry. It analyzes the content of thousands of arboglyphs in the mountains of Nevada and California by topic: language; politics; the Basque homeland; the sheepherder's life; sex; and pictorial themes.
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