La canción nabatea

En esta obra se compilan 13 trabajos que tratan distintos aspectos acerca de la importancia de las conchas marinas rojizas en la América antigua, las cuales fueron muy apreciadas por las culturas que poblaron el continente antes de la llegada de los invasores europeos; en la región Andina se les llamó mullu, y tapachtli entre los antiguos nahuas, designaciones que abarcaron varias especies de moluscos, pero sin duda las más relevantes fueron las del género Spondylus.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Del fondo de la tierra surge nuestro grito, (…) Que nada ya detenga esta guerra nuestra, si es una guerra santa y vamos con la cruz. Rompamos las cadenas la Patria nos espera… – Himno de la Brigada de Asalto 2506 Infundidos por el llamado de este himno de batalla, el 17 de abril de 1961, un pequeño ejército de cubanos idealistas voluntarios desembarcó en la costa meridional de Cuba a unirse a la infeliz contienda mi-litar que sería conocida por el mundo entero como la Invasión de Bahía de Cochinos. A aquellos hombres valientes se les honraría con el nombre de su compañía: la...