The Jaguar in North America
- 1 July 1974
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 39 (3), 465-469
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279437
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.Keywords
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