TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baltus,Melissa R.
AU  - Baires,Sarah E.
AU  - Carr,Christopher
AU  - Colvin,Matthew
AU  - Halperin,Christina T.
AU  - Hill,Erica
AU  - Whitridge,Peter
AU  - Rafidi,Brianna
AU  - Smyth,Heather
AU  - Thompson,Victor D.
TI  - Relational Engagements of the Indigenous Americas: Alterity, Ontology, and Shifting Paradigms
SN  - 9781498555364
AV  - E77.9 .R453 2018 
U1  - 970.00497 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
KW  - Ontology
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Relational Engagements of the Indigenous Americas -- Relational Engagements of the Indigenous Americas -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Theory Of Relational Theory -- Organization Of The Book -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 1 -- A Relational Geography of Humans and Animals on the Arctic Coast of Alaska -- Animal Geographies And Archaeology -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2 -- The Government of Dogs -- Dogs In The Inuit Lifeworld -- The Lifeworld Of Inuit Dogs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 -- A Procession of Faces -- Fisher-gatherer-hunters Of Southern Florida -- Making Relationships -- Relational Ontologies And Southern Florida -- References -- Chapter 4 -- Vessels of Change -- Relational Ontologies: Problems And Potentials -- The Relational City In The Floodplain -- Building Pots, Building Relationships -- Re-relating Through Pottery -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 -- How Animistic Entities Make History -- Biography Of A Living Mountain -- Spiritual Co-essences And Shifting Relations Of Power -- The Making Of History -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6 -- Getting to the Soul of Personhood -- Subject And Terminology -- Questions About Native Notions Of Soul-like Essences -- Materials, Methods, And Sample Adequacy And Representativeness -- Ohio Hopewell Concepts Of Soul-like Essences In Light Of Those Of Historic Woodland And Plains Native Americans -- Conclusion -- References -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the Authors
N2  - Melissa R. Baltus and Sarah E. Bairescritically examines our current understanding of relational theory and the ontological turn in archaeological studies of the pre-contact Americas
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ER  -