Amerindian socio-cosmologies between the Andes, Amazonia and Mesoamerica toward an anthropological understanding of the Isthmo-Colombian Area

"This book offers a new anthropological understanding of the socio-cosmological and ontological characteristics of the Isthmo-Colombian Area, beyond established theories for Amazonia, the Andes and Mesoamerica. It focuses on a core region that has been largely neglected by comparative anthropol...

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Weitere Verfasser: Halbmayer, Ernst (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in anthropology
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Zusammenfassung:"This book offers a new anthropological understanding of the socio-cosmological and ontological characteristics of the Isthmo-Colombian Area, beyond established theories for Amazonia, the Andes and Mesoamerica. It focuses on a core region that has been largely neglected by comparative anthropology in recent decades. Centering on relations between Chibchan groups and their neighbors, the contributions consider prevailing socio-cosmological principles and their relationship to Amazonian animism and Mesoamerican and Andean analogism. Classical notions of area homogeneity are reconsidered and the book formulates an overarching proposal for how to make sense of the heterogeneity of the region's indigenous groups. Drawing on original fieldwork and comparative analysis, the volume provides a valuable anthropological addition to archaeological and linguistic knowledge of the Isthmo-Colombian Area"--
Beschreibung:ix, 354 Seiten
ISBN:9780367808099
978-0-367-80809-9