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
Autor principal: Green, Lesley, 1967-
Otros Autores: Green, David R., 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Antiquities.
Archaeology and state.
Indian cosmology.
Indian philosophy.
Manners and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Cosmologie indienne d'Amerique.
Palicours (Indiens) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Archaeology and state > Brazil > Amapá (State)
Indian philosophy > Brazil > Amapá (State)
Palicur Indians > Antiquities.
Palicur Indians > Social life and customs.
Brazil > Amapá (State)
Amapá (Brazil : State) > Antiquities.
Amapá (Brazil : State) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
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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