Knowing the Day, Knowing the World: Engaging Amerindian Thought in Public Archaeology

by David Green Sr., Lesley Green, David R. Green

Based on more than a decade of research in Palikur lands known as Arukwa in the state of Amap , Brazil, Knowing the Day, Knowing the World reconsiders the dialogue between formal scholarship and Amerindian ways of knowing. Beginning and ending with a public archaeology project in the region, the book engages head-on with Amerindian ways of thinking about space, time, and personhood. Demonstrating that Palikur knowledges are based on movement and a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816530378
• ISBN13: 9780816530373
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"