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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Lesley, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Green, David R., 1964- translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palicur Indians--Social life and customs.

Palicur Indians.

Palicur Indians--Antiquities.

Indian philosophy--Brazil--Amapá (State).

Indian philosophy.

Indian cosmology--Brazil--Amapá (State).

Indian cosmology.

Archaeology and state--Brazil--Amapá (State).

Archaeology and state.

Antiquities.

Manners and customs.

Amapá (Brazil : State)--Social life and customs.

Amapá (Brazil : State).

Amapá (Brazil : State)--Antiquities.

Brazil--Amapá (State).

Physical Description:

xi, 308 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]

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.

Contents:

1 "Are You Here?": Personhood, Presence, Knowledges, and Knowing 28

2 "So Many Stories on This Day-World": History as the Retracing of Tracks 51

3 Journeys with the Rain Stars: Making Sense of the Moving Cosmos 79

4 The Curvature of Surfaces: Cartesian Space, the Topology of Palikur Grammar, and Consubjective Space 142

5 "Reading the Tracks of the Ancestors": Resources for Assembling Times Past 161

6 The Story Trails of Kwap: Archaeology, Provenance, and an Ecology of Predation 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816530373

0816530378

OCLC:

853618565