Archaeology in a living landscape : envisioning nonhuman persons in the Indigenous Americas / edited by Brent K. S. Woodfill and Lucia R. Henderson.

Other author Woodfill, Brent, editor.
Other author Henderson, Lucia, editor.
Format Book
PublicationGainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2024]
Descriptionxvi, 408 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents "Peopling" the Americas: Animate Landscapes and the Archaeology of the Western Hemisphere / Brent K. S. Woodfill and Lucia R. Henderson -- Part I. North and Central America. -- The Tlingit Existencescape: Relational Principles of Engagement and Practice in an Animate Landscape / Steve J. Langdon -- Human Interactions with Thunder Beings: Lightning Induced Magnetic Remanence in the Animated Landscape / David Maki, Sigrid Arnott, Joshua Feinberg, and Dianne Desrosiers -- Natural Democracy in the Southeast / S. Margaret Spivey-Faulkner -- Missing Persons: Animate Landscape and Non-Human Personhood in the Classic Maya Economy / Lucia R. Henderson and Brent K. S. Woodfill -- Animism, Non-Human Persons, and Ritual Landscapes in Lacandon and Ancient Maya Social Life in Chiapas, Mexico / Joel W. Palka and Alice Balsanelli
Abstract "This volume focuses on how Indigenous communities of the Americas have long recognized degrees of personhood within their landscapes, and its case studies show how researchers can incorporate this worldview in archaeological investigations, community relations, and interpretations"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Archaeology in a living landscape Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2024] 9780813070865
LCCN 2024014810
ISBN9780813079196
ISBN0813079195 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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