{"product_id":"archaeology-in-a-living-landscape-envisioning-nonhuman-persons-in-the-indigenous-americas-9780813079196","title":"Archaeology in a Living Landscape: Envisioning Nonhuman Persons in the Indigenous Americas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecognizing and incorporating Indigenous knowledge systems in archaeological studies of the Americas \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book \u003cbr\u003eexplores the diverse range of other-than-human persons that inhabited \u003cbr\u003eand affected the landscape of the ancient Americas. These case studies \u003cbr\u003eacknowledge what is often dismissed by Western scholars: that Indigenous\u003cbr\u003e communities have long recognized degrees of personhood in mountains, \u003cbr\u003evolcanoes, caves, springs, rivers, rocks, plants, archaeological sites, \u003cbr\u003etrees, and animals and that this worldview should be taken seriously in \u003cbr\u003earchaeological investigations, community relations, and interpretations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Archaeology in a Living Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cbr\u003econtributors examine the role of nonhuman agents in the ancient world, \u003cbr\u003efrom land management and tenure to economics, politics, migration, \u003cbr\u003epilgrimage, trade routes, conquest, ethics, and philosophy. Chapters \u003cbr\u003edescribe Tlingit cosmology, lightning beings and magnetism in the \u003cbr\u003eMinnesota River Region, linguistic approaches to animacy in the United \u003cbr\u003eStates Southeast, nonhuman persons in the ancient Maya economy, and \u003cbr\u003eLacandon Maya ritual landscapes. They investigate the role of quarries \u003cbr\u003ein the building of Inka huacas (sacred spaces or objects), clay \u003cbr\u003eprocurement and Andean apus (powerful mountains), Amazonian animism in \u003cbr\u003epolychrome ceramics, and the built and unbuilt landscape of the Mapuche.\u003cbr\u003e An epilogue by Dakota elder James Rock highlights how \u003cbr\u003eWestern academic discourse often diverges from the viewpoints of \u003cbr\u003eIndigenous subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this volume use \u003cbr\u003elanguage accessible to readers of diverse backgrounds. They focus on the\u003cbr\u003e centrality of nonhuman persons in the lives of Indigenous communities, \u003cbr\u003eworking to move away from Western biases to embrace and integrate \u003cbr\u003eIndigenous belief frameworks in their studies. \u003cem\u003eArchaeology in a Living Landscape \u003c\/em\u003ehighlights the value of Indigenous knowledge systems not just as archaeological evidence but as a body of theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Steve J. Langdon Lisa J. Lucero Alexei\u003cbr\u003eVranich James Rock Eleanor Harrison-Buck Lucia R. Henderson Nicola\u003cbr\u003eSharratt Patrick Ryan Williams Bill Sillar Brent K.S. Woodfill Jacob J.\u003cbr\u003eSauer Margaret Spivey-Faulkner Sigrid Arnott Dianne Desrosiers Joshua\u003cbr\u003eFeinberg David Maki Carolyn Dean Alice Balsanelli Joel W. Palka A.C.\u003cbr\u003eRoosevelt Dennis Ogburn  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50929365745938,"sku":"9780813079196","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_910d26fc-14f1-47af-aa67-798d9286ef6c.jpg?v=1739039925","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/archaeology-in-a-living-landscape-envisioning-nonhuman-persons-in-the-indigenous-americas-9780813079196","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}