Description |
1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-301) and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 30, 2013) |
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Palicur Indians -- Social life and customs
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Palicur Indians -- Antiquities
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Indian philosophy -- Brazil -- Amapá (State)
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Indian cosmology.
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Archaeology and state -- Brazil -- Amapá (State)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Manners and customs
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Indian philosophy
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Indian cosmology
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Archaeology and state
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Antiquities
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SUBJECT |
Amapá (Brazil : State) -- Social life and customs
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Amapá (Brazil : State) -- Antiquities
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Brazil -- Amapá (State)
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Green, David R., 1964-
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ISBN |
9780816599059 |
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081659905X |
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