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Relational Engagements of the Indigenous Americas : Alterity, Ontology, and Shifting Paradigms.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (185 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498555364
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Relational Engagements of the Indigenous AmericasDDC classification:
  • 970.00497
LOC classification:
  • E77.9 .R453 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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