Devil sickness and devil songs: Tohono O'odham poetics.

Devil sickness and devil songs: Tohono O'odham poetics. DAVID David, in the BibleDavid,d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. L. KOZAK & DAVID I David I, king of ScotlandDavid I,1084–1153, king of Scotland (1124–53), youngest son of Malcolm III and St. Margaret of Scotland. During the reign of his brother Alexander I, whom he succeeded, David was earl of Cumbria, ruling S of the Clyde . LOPEZ. Devil sickness and devilsongs: Tohono O'odham Tohono O'Odham(tōhō`nō ō-ō`dəm)or Papago(păp`əgō', pä`–)poetics. ix+190 pages, 1 map. 1999.Washington (DC): Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution,research and education center, at Washington, D.C.; founded 1846 under terms of the will of James Smithson of London, who in 1829 bequeathed his fortune to the United States to create an establishment for the "increase and diffusion of Press; 1-56098-910-6 hardback$45. Most archaeologists' training has deafened them tocontemporary local lore about the sites that they study. I. Holm, ed.GAZIN-SCHWARTZ & HOLTORF, concedes that traditions attaching to moreobvious monuments tend to be less useful but argues that those aboutmore modest features are worth listening to. This and the 16 othercontributions to the book make a welcome case for consideredarchaeological attention. M. Bustrom's explanation as to howarchaeology parted company from folklore studies in Sweden helps to openarchaeological re-examination of what is left of the latter. D. Thodenvan Velzen discusses long-lived myths about the Etruscans and E. Blakereflects on `learning from the local' among the nuraghi ofSardinia; but J. Murphy points out that archaeological interpretation ofPentre Iran, Wales, was misled by lore. K. Denning considerscontemporary millennarianism alongside specimens of professionalarchaeological narrative. There are two papers on Catalhoyuk -- one onlocal lore, the other on archaeologists' (by D. Shankland and L.Meskell, respectively). M. Green considers evidence for the influence offolklore on life in northwest European protohistory pro��to��his��to��ry?n.The study of a culture just before the time of its earliest recorded history.pro . M. Brown & P.Bowen describe their work as landscape animateurs in Sussex. Dr BENDIX argues that, from the 18th century to today, folklorestudies in Germany and the USA have been motivated by a search forauthentic culture. Political symbolism, she shows, has been at issue inboth countries. On the other hand, the O'odham (Papago;Arizona/Sonora) concept of Devil sickness seems to have arisen throughthe process of economic transformation during the Colonial period. Withcautious interpretive provisos, KOZAK & LOPEZ worked through theevidence of 39 songs (cf. SULTAN in `Classical ritual ...', above). Reference EMIL HOFFMAN. Lexikon der Steinzeit. 419 pages. 1999. Munich: C.H.Beck; 3-406-42125-3 paperback DM34. HANS ARNE JENSEN. Bibliography on seed morphology, v+310 pages,b&w figures. 1998. Rotterdam & Brookfield (VT): Balkema;90-5410-450-3 hardback 68.50 [European Dollar]. See also BARNARD & SPENCER in the previous section.