Material Culture and Sacred Landscape: The Anthropology of the Siberian Khanty

by Peter Jordan

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This study provides a concrete example of how foraging societies enculturate and transform the natural environment and, through the use of material objects, create sacred spaces and sites. Using ethnographic and ethnohistorical information about the Khanty of Siberia, Jordan shows the shortcomings of both interpretive and materialist anthropological theorizing about hunters and gatherers. He focuses on the rich and complex relationship between the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0759102767

ISBN13:9780759102767

Release Date:March 2003

Publisher:Altamira Press

Length:336 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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