Negotiations with the Animate Forest: Hunting Shrines in the Guatemalan Highlands
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Publication Date
2008
Publication Title
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Volume Number
15
Issue Number
4
Abstract
Ethnoarchaeological research at highland Maya hunting shrines documents the material remains of interactions between two types of animate beings: humans and the forest. When either active agent enters the others’ domain there are accompanying ceremonial activities to assuage the inherent danger, often leaving physical traces in the material record. These traces, if found in the archaeological record, might reveal similar ancient interactions. Using the material correlates of modern hunting rituals, we explore the utility of ethnoarchaeological research in identifying negotiations with non-human agents associated with the animate forest – an active agent in many societies.
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Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-008-9055-7
Recommended Citation
Brown, Linda A. and Emery, Kitty F., "Negotiations with the Animate Forest: Hunting Shrines in the Guatemalan Highlands" (2008). KIP Articles. 7331.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/7331
