Perspectivism in Archaeology
Perspectivism in Archaeology
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USDPerspectivism in Archaeology explores recurring features in Amerindian mythology and cosmology in the past, as well as distinctions and similarities between humans, non-humans and material culture. It offers a range of possibilities for the reconstruction of ancient ontological approaches, as well as new ways of thinking in archaeology, notably how ancient ontological approaches can be reconciled with current archaeological theories. In this volume, Andrés Laguens contributes a new set of approaches that incorporate Indigenous theories of reality into an understanding of the South American archaeological record. He analyses perspectivism as a step-by-step theory with clear explanations and examples and shows how it can be implemented in archaeological research and merged with ontological approaches. Exploring the foundations of Amerindian perspectivism and its theoretical and methodological possibilities, he also demonstrates applications of its precepts through case studies of ancient societies of the Andes and Patagonia.
- Synthesizes perspectivism as an ontology and discusses its possibilities for archaeological research
- Introduces perspectivism as a step-by-step theory, using ordinary-language explanations and examples throughout
- Provides a methodology and concepts for implementing an ontological perspective in archaeology
Reviews & endorsements
‘… as a series of thought experiments the various case studies raise intriguing possibilities for examining the region's past … Recommended.’ J. Seibert, CHOICE
Product details
February 2024Hardback
9781009393911
262 pages
235 × 159 × 19 mm
0.53kg
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Table of Contents
- 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.
