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Relational engagements of the indigenous Americas : alterity, ontology and shifting paradigms / edited by Melissa R. Baltus and Sarah E. Baires.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498555364
  • 1498555365
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Relational engagements of the indigenous AmericasDDC classification:
  • 970.004/97 23
LOC classification:
  • E77.9
Online resources:
Contents:
A relational geography of humans and animals on the Arctic coast of Alaska / by Erica Hill -- The government of dogs: archaeological (zo)ontologies / by Peter Whitridge -- A procession of faces: considering the materiality of relational ontologies in southern Florida / by Matthew Colvin and Victor D. Thompson -- Vessels of change: everyday relationality in the rise and fall of Cahokia / by Melissa R. Baltus -- How animistic entities make history: Maya materialities and spiritualities over the longue durée / by Christina Halperin -- Getting to the soul of personhood: a survey of historic Woodland and Plains Indian ontologies and a critique of the notion of a Hopewellian "religion" / by Christopher Carr, Heather Smyth, and Brianna Rafidi -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Dynamic Worlds, Shifting Paradigms critically examines our current understanding of relational theory and the ontological turn in archaeological studies of the pre-contact Americas."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A relational geography of humans and animals on the Arctic coast of Alaska / by Erica Hill -- The government of dogs: archaeological (zo)ontologies / by Peter Whitridge -- A procession of faces: considering the materiality of relational ontologies in southern Florida / by Matthew Colvin and Victor D. Thompson -- Vessels of change: everyday relationality in the rise and fall of Cahokia / by Melissa R. Baltus -- How animistic entities make history: Maya materialities and spiritualities over the longue durée / by Christina Halperin -- Getting to the soul of personhood: a survey of historic Woodland and Plains Indian ontologies and a critique of the notion of a Hopewellian "religion" / by Christopher Carr, Heather Smyth, and Brianna Rafidi -- Conclusion.

"Dynamic Worlds, Shifting Paradigms critically examines our current understanding of relational theory and the ontological turn in archaeological studies of the pre-contact Americas."--Provided by publisher.

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