Knowing the day, knowing the world : engaging Amerindian thought in public archaeology

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Knowing the day, knowing the world : engaging Amerindian thought in public archaeology / Lesley Green ; recording and translations by David R. Green.

Green, Lesley, 1967- (author.). Green, David R., 1964- (translator.).

Summary:

"Based on more than a decade of research in Palikur lands known as Arukwa in the state of Amapá, Brazil, Knowing the Day, Knowing the World demonstrates both the challenges of comprehending alternative cosmologies and the rich rewards of grappling with Amerindian ways of thinking and knowing"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780816530373 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0816530378 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 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 -- Beyond matter set in space and time : engaging Amerindian thought in public archaeology.