Bundled Worlds: The Roles and Interactions of Complex Objects from the North American Plains |
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Authors: | María Nieves Zedeño |
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Institution: | (1) Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, The University of Arizona, Haury Bldg. # 30, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper explores the many dimensions of power exercised by ceremonial bundles that have been held by North American Plains
groups since time immemorial. Because bundles are multifarious but strictly ordered sets of objects, they embody the corpus
of ecological and cosmological knowledge needed to survive in the human and supernatural worlds. Bundles, like persons, are
subject to hierarchical and heterarchical power relations that parallel societal relations within tribal groups. Observations
are drawn about the value of studying complex objects such as bundles for expanding and refining archaeological systematics. |
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Keywords: | Animacy Bundles Blackfoot Taxonomy |
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