{"product_id":"archaeology-in-a-living-landscape","title":"Archaeology in a Living Landscape","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eRecognizing and incorporating Indigenous knowledge systems in archaeological studies of the Americas   \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book  explores the diverse range of other-than-human persons that inhabited  and affected the landscape of the ancient Americas. These case studies  acknowledge what is often dismissed by Western scholars: that Indigenous  communities have long recognized degrees of personhood in mountains,  volcanoes, caves, springs, rivers, rocks, plants, archaeological sites,  trees, and animals and that this worldview should be taken seriously in  archaeological investigations, community relations, and interpretations.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Archaeology in a Living Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e,  contributors examine the role of nonhuman agents in the ancient world,  from land management and tenure to economics, politics, migration,  pilgrimage, trade routes, conquest, ethics, and philosophy. Chapters  describe Tlingit cosmology, lightning beings and magnetism in the  Minnesota River Region, linguistic approaches to animacy in the United  States Southeast, nonhuman persons in the ancient Maya economy, and  Lacandon Maya ritual landscapes. They investigate the role of quarries  in the building of Inka huacas (sacred spaces or objects), clay  procurement and Andean apus (powerful mountains), Amazonian animism in  polychrome ceramics, and the built and unbuilt landscape of the Mapuche.  An epilogue by Dakota elder James Wa?bdí Ha?yetu Rock highlights how  Western academic discourse often diverges from the viewpoints of  Indigenous subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this volume use  language accessible to readers of diverse backgrounds. They focus on the  centrality of nonhuman persons in the lives of Indigenous communities,  working to move away from Western biases to embrace and integrate  Indigenous 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\u003cb\u003eContributors:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve J. Langdon | Lisa J. Lucero | Alexei Vranich | James Rock | Eleanor Harrison-Buck | Lucia R. Henderson | Nicola Sharratt | Patrick Ryan Williams | Bill Sillar | Brent K.S. Woodfill | Jacob J. Sauer | Margaret Spivey-Faulkner | Sigrid Arnott | Dianne Desrosiers | Joshua Feinberg | David Maki | Carolyn Dean | Alice Balsanelli | Joel W. Palka | A.C. Roosevelt | Dennis Ogburn\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807524602200,"sku":"9780813079196","price":92.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780813079196.jpg?v=1778017527","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/archaeology-in-a-living-landscape","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}