Ivory versus Antler: A Reassessment of Binary Structuralism in the Study of Prehistoric Eskimo Cultures

IF 0.5 4区社会学 Q1 Social Sciences

Arctic Anthropology Pub Date : 2017-01-01 DOI:10.3368/aa.54.1.90

Feng Qu

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Abstract

This article reexamines the binary structural approach proposed by McGhee (1977) in his studies of Thule culture. First, using data generated from the Okvik, Kukulik, and Nukleet assemblages in Alaska, which cover Okvik, Old Bering Sea, Punuk, and Thule cultures over 1,900 years, the paper examines whether the binary structures were encoded in the technology and materials of the Northern Maritime tradition. Second, McGhee’s (1977) archaeological and ethnographic data are reassessed, which does not support the existence of gendered oppositions but rather may relate to spiritual and symbolic relationships between human and nonhuman.

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象牙与鹿角:对史前爱斯基摩文化研究中二元结构主义的重新评估

本文重新审视了麦基（1977）在其修勒文化研究中提出的二元结构方法。首先，使用阿拉斯加奥克维克、库库利克和努克勒特组合产生的数据，这些组合涵盖了1900年来的奥克维克文化、老白令海文化、普努克文化和图勒文化，研究了二进制结构是否编码在北方海事传统的技术和材料中。其次，McGhee（1977）的考古和人种学数据被重新评估，这并不支持性别对立的存在，而是可能与人类和非人类之间的精神和象征关系有关。

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Arctic Anthropology ANTHROPOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Arctic Anthropology, founded in 1962 by Chester S. Chard, is an international journal devoted to the study of Old and New World northern cultures and peoples. Archaeology, ethnology, physical anthropology, and related disciplines are represented, with emphasis on: studies of specific cultures of the arctic, subarctic and contiguous regions of the world; the peopling of the New World; relationships between New World and Eurasian cultures of the circumpolar zone; contemporary problems and culture change among northern peoples; and new directions in interdisciplinary northern research.