Knowing the day, knowing the world : engaging Amerindian thought in public archaeology /

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Based on more than a decade of research in Palikur lands known as Arukwa in the state of Amapá, Brazil, this book demonstrates both the challenges of comprehending alternative cosmologies and the rich rewards of grappling with Amerindian ways of thinking and knowing. -- Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, Lesley, 1967-
Otros Autores: Green, David R., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]
Temas:
Palicur Indians > Social life and customs.
Palicur Indians > Antiquities.
Indian philosophy > Brazil > Amapá (State)
Indian cosmology.
Archaeology and state > Brazil > Amapá (State)
Palicours > Mœurs et coutumes.
Cosmologie des Peuples autochtones.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Manners and customs
Indian philosophy
Indian cosmology
Archaeology and state
Antiquities
Amapá (Brazil : State) > Social life and customs.
Amapá (Brazil : State) > Antiquities.
Brazil > Amapá (State)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments and a note on authorship
  • Introduction : "The things left in the ground" : introducing archaeology to Arukwa
  • "Are you here?" : personhood, presence, knowledges, and knowing
  • "So many stories on this day-world" : history as the retracing of tracks
  • Journeys with the rain stars : making sense of the moving cosmos
  • The curvature of surfaces : Cartesian space, the topology of Palikur grammar, and consubjective space
  • "Reading the tracks of the ancestors" : resources for assembling times past
  • The story trails of Kwap : archaeology, provenance and an ecology of predation
  • Epilogue : Beyond matter set in space and time : engaging Amerindian thought in public archaeology.

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