Andres Laguens (Argentina University of Cordoba)

Perspectivism in Archaeology

Insights into Indigenous Theories of Reality

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Produktbeschreibung

Perspectivism is an archaeological approach that distinguishes recurrent characteristics found in Amerindian mythology. This book explores the foundations of perspectivism and its theoretical and methodological possibilities. It demonstrates applications of its precepts through case studies of ancient societies of the Andes and Patagonia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 159mm x 237mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9781009393911
• ISBN-10: 100939391X
• Artikelnr.: 69231294

Autorenporträt

Andrés Laguens is Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina. His research focuses on social inequality, Amerindian ontologies and material culture in the Southern Andes.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Foreword by Ian Hodder
Preface
Acknowledgements List of abbreviations
1. Perspectivism
2. Perspectivism as a theory
3. Perspectivism, materials and objects
4. A perspectivist approach to the archaeology of Ambato
5. Pot-persons in Ambato
6. Inhabiting a perspectivist world
7. Perspectivism and archaeology: a coda
References
Index.