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The Jaguar in North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Pierre M. Daggett  and
Dale R. Henning
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Abstract

The occurrence of the jaguar in the arts and myths of North American cultures has been attributed to influence from Mesoamerica. A brief review of available zoogeographic and cultural data suggests greater integration between the physical and mythological presence of the jaguar in North America than previously thought.

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American Antiquity , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , July 1974 , pp. 465 - 469
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1974

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