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Speaking Through the Aspens : Basque Tree Carvings in Nevada and California / J. Mallea-Olaetxe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mallea-Olaetxe, J. (Joxe), 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Names carved on trees--Nevada.
- Names carved on trees.
- Names carved on trees--California.
- Tree carving, Basque--Nevada.
- Tree carving, Basque.
- Tree carving, Basque--California.
- Art, Basque--Nevada.
- Art, Basque.
- Art, Basque--California.
- Shepherds--Nevada--Social life and customs.
- Shepherds.
- Shepherds--California--Social life and customs.
- Basque Americans--Nevada--Social life and customs.
- Basque Americans.
- Basque Americans--California--Social life and customs.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 237 p. :) ill., 1 map ;
- Place of Publication:
- Reno, Nev. : University of Nevada Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Speaking Through the Aspens analyzes the content of thousands of arboglyphs in the mountains of Nevada and California by topic-language, politics, the Basque homeland, the sheepherd's life, sex, and pictorial themes. In addition, author Mallea-Olaetxe has examined such sheepherder artifacts as sheep camps and bread ovens, conducted extensive interviews with former herders and sheep company personnel, and undertaken research in immigration and other records. The result is a highly original work of history-a detailed account of the lives of Basque sheepherders in the American West. For the first time, these men who contributed so much to the development of the region, many of whom went on to establish the West's thriving Basque community, speak for themselves about their experiences. Enhanced by numerous illustrations, this book is history at its most engrossing, essential reading for scholars and anyone curious about the arboglyph phenomenon.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780874174571
- 0874174570
- OCLC:
- 1017609624
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