Under the influence of phenomenological approaches, a semiotic perspective on the body is
being replaced in archaeology by analysis of the production and experience of lived bodies …

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 of …

In this pithy two-part essay, Marshall Sahlins reinvigorates the debates on what constitutes
kinship, building on some of the best scholarship in the field to produce an original outlook …

This book is an exciting new look at how archaeology has dealt with the bodily senses and
offers an argument for how the discipline can offer a richer glimpse into the human sensory …

There seems to be a general feeling that some fundamental changes are underway in
archaeological thinking and have been for some time now. One need only look at some …

“This book exhorts the reader to embrace the materiality of archaeology by recognizing how
every step in the discipline's scientific processes involves interaction with myriad physical …

A modest proposal for solving the 150‐year‐old problem of what kinship is, its specific
quality, viz. mutuality of being: persons who are members of one another, who participate …

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Religion is now high on the public agenda, with recent events focusing the world's attention
on Islam in particular. This book provides a unique historical and comparative analysis of the …

An examination of daily life in the Middle Ages which reveals the intimate relations between
age groups, between the living and the dead, and between people and things. An important …