Caciques And Cemi Idols
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Caciques And Cemi Idols
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Author : José R. Oliver
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2009-05-10
Caciques And Cemi Idols written by José R. Oliver and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-05-10 with Art categories.
Cemís are both portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirit, which the Taínos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca. AD 1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with supernatural or magic powers. This volume takes a close look at the relationship between humans and other (non-human) beings that are imbued with cemí power, specifically within the Taíno inter-island cultural sphere encompassing Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. The relationships address the important questions of identity and personhood of the cemí icons and their human "owners" and the implications of cemí g ...
Historical Dictionary Of Haiti
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Author : Fequiere Vilsaint
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2021-08-01
Historical Dictionary Of Haiti written by Fequiere Vilsaint and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-01 with History categories.
This book covers the history of Haiti starting in 1492 with the initial European landing of the island to the present day. Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Haiti proclaimed its independence from France on January 1, 1804 following the only successful slave evolution in the Americas. As a result of the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), Haiti became the first independent Latin American nation and the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere, after the United States. Throughout its history it has suffered political violence, and a devastating earthquake which killed over 300,000 people. Historical Dictionary of Haiti, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Haiti.
The Oxford Handbook Of Caribbean Archaeology
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Author : William F. Keegan
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-02-07
The Oxford Handbook Of Caribbean Archaeology written by William F. Keegan and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-07 with Social Science categories.
The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Archaeology provides an overview of archaeological investigations in the insular Caribbean, understood here as the islands whose shores surround the Caribbean Sea and the islands of the Bahama Archipelago. Though these islands were never isolated from the surrounding mainland, their histories are sufficiently diverse to warrant their identification as distinct areas of culture. Over the past 20 years, Caribbean archaeology has been transformed from a focus on reconstructing culture histories to one on the mobility and exchange expressed in cultural and social dynamics. This Handbook brings together, for the first time, examples of the best research conducted by scholars from across the globe to address the complexity of the Caribbean past. The Handbook is divided into five sections. Part I, Islands of History and the Precolonial History of the Caribbean Islands, provides an introduction to Caribbean Archaeology and its history. The papers in the following Ethnohistory section address the diversity of cultural practices expressed in the insular Caribbean and develop historical descriptions in concert with archaeological evidence in order to place language, social organization, and the native Taínos and Island Caribs in perspective. The following section, Culture History, provides the latest research on specific geographical locations and cross-cultural engagements, from Jamaica and the Bahama archigelago to the Saladoid and the Isthmo-Antillean Engagements. Creating History, the fourth section, includes papers on specific issues related to the field, such as Zooarchaeology, Rock Art, and DNA analysis, among others. The final section, World History, centers on the consequences of European colonization.
Origins Of The Tainan Culture West Indies
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Author : Sven Loven
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2010-06-27
Origins Of The Tainan Culture West Indies written by Sven Loven and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-27 with History categories.
When originally published in German in 1924, this volume was hailed as the first modern, comprehensive archaeological overview of an emerging area of the world, now known as the Caribbean islands. Sven Loven decided to update and reissue the work in English, which he thought to be the future international language of scholarship. This work is a classic, with enduring interpretations, broad geographic range, and an eager audience.
Decolonial Horizons
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Author : Raimundo C. Barreto
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-12-10
Decolonial Horizons written by Raimundo C. Barreto and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-10 with Religion categories.
This is the second of two volumes of essays from the Ecclesiological Investigations International Research Network's 14th International Conference focused on decolonizing churches and theology, addressing oppressions based on gender, racial, and ethnic identities; economic inequality; social vulnerabilities; climate change and global challenges such as pandemics, neoliberalism, and the role of information technology in modern society, all connected with the topic of decolonization. The essays in this volume focus on decoloniality in empire, family, and mission, written from historical, dogmatic, social scientific, and liturgical perspectives.
Microbes And Other Shamanic Beings
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Author : César E. Giraldo Herrera
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-03-09
Microbes And Other Shamanic Beings written by César E. Giraldo Herrera and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-09 with Social Science categories.
Shamanism is commonly understood through reference to spirits and souls. However, these terms were introduced by Christian missionaries as part of the colonial effort of conversion. So, rather than trying to comprehend shamanism through medieval European concepts, this book examines it through ideas that started developing in the West after encountering Amerindian shamans. Microbes and Other Shamanic Beings develops three major arguments: First, since their earliest accounts Amerindian shamanic notions have had more in common with current microbial ecology than with Christian religious beliefs. Second, the human senses allow the unaided perception of the microbial world; for example, entoptic vision allows one to see microscopic objects flowing through the retina and shamans employ techniques that enhance precisely these kinds of perception. Lastly, the theory that some diseases are produced by living agents acquired through contagion was proposed right after Contact in relation to syphilis, an important subject of pre-Contact Amerindian medicine and mythology, which was treasured and translated by European physicians. Despite these early translations, the West took four centuries to rediscover germs and bring microbiology into mainstream science. Giraldo Herrera reclaims this knowledge and lays the fundaments for an ethnomicrobiology. It will appeal to anyone curious about shamanism and willing to take it seriously and to those enquiring about the microbiome, our relations with microbes and the long history behind them.
Of Cannibals And Kings
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Author : Neil L. Whitehead
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2011
Of Cannibals And Kings written by Neil L. Whitehead and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
"Translations of the earliest accounts, from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, of the native peoples of the Americas, including Columbus's descriptions of his first voyage. Documents the emergence of a primal anthropology and how Spanish ethnological classifications were integral to colonial discovery, occupation, and conquest"--Provided by publisher.
Islands At The Crossroads
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Author : L. Antonio Curet
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2011-10
Islands At The Crossroads written by L. Antonio Curet and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10 with Social Science categories.
The contributors to Islands at the Crossroads include scholars from the Caribbean, the United States, and Europe who look beyond cultural boundaries and colonial frontiers to explore the complex and layered ways in which both distant and more intimate sociocultural, political, and economic interactions have shaped Caribbean societies from seven thousand years ago to recent times.
Communities In Contact
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Author : Corinne Lisette Hofman
language : en
Publisher: Sidestone Press
Release Date : 2011
Communities In Contact written by Corinne Lisette Hofman and has been published by Sidestone Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
Communities in Contact represents the outcome of the Fourth International Leiden in the Caribbean symposium entitled From Prehistory to Ethnography in the circum-Caribbean. The contributions included in this volume cover a wide range of topics from a variety of disciplines - archaeology, bioarchaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography - revolving around the themes of mobility and exchange, culture contact, and settlement and community. The application of innovative approaches and the multi-dimensional character of these essays have provided exiting new perspectives on the indigenous communities of the circum-Caribbean and Amazonian regions throughout prehistory until the present.
Material Encounters And Indigenous Transformations In The Early Colonial Americas
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language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-04-09
Material Encounters And Indigenous Transformations In The Early Colonial Americas written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with History categories.
Material Encounters and Indigenous Transformations in the Early Colonial Americas brings together 15 archaeological case studies that offer new perspectives on colonial period interactions in the Caribbean and surrounding areas through a specific focus on material culture and indigenous agency.