Andean OntologiesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.5744/florida/9780813056371.003.0008
Andrés G. Laguens, B. Alberti
{"title":"Toward a Situated Ontology of Bodies and Landscapes in the Archaeology of the Southern Andes (First Millennium AD, Northwest Argentina)","authors":"Andrés G. Laguens, B. Alberti","doi":"10.5744/florida/9780813056371.003.0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813056371.003.0008","url":null,"abstract":"In this chapter, a new approach to landscapes by working through alternative ontologies of bodies. Conventional theories of landscape imply a specific kind of conceptualization of the body that cuts off a host of ontological alternatives. Indeed, the very idea of landscape is an artefact or effect of a western concept of bodies as either neutral platforms of observation or sensing things. Amazonian theories of bodies are an entry point to explore the geographic extension of the La Candelaria culture of first millennium northwest Argentina. The focus is shifted from the relation between humans and world to that among multiple beings, including beings that are traditionally called elements of the landscape. The argument is that the way of relating and constituting oneself as human among the multitude of selves is what made life possible for the La Candelaria in the very different environments they inhabited.","PeriodicalId":356569,"journal":{"name":"Andean Ontologies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128399977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andean OntologiesPub Date : 1900-01-01DOI: 10.5744/florida/9780813056371.003.0007
M. Glowacki
{"title":"The Head as the Seat of the Soul","authors":"M. Glowacki","doi":"10.5744/florida/9780813056371.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813056371.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"There are many visual representations spanning the different time periods of the ancient Andes, and corroborated by historic accounts, that point to man’s spiritual essence as residing in the head, and more specifically, head hair. These examples suggest that this power was transferable and maintained the spiritual reciprocity between men, and the earthly and supernatural realm. This presentation briefly discusses the human head and hair in Andean belief as a conduit for the flow of spiritual power as documented in the archaeological, ethnographic, and historic record. The data suggest that such movement of energy was fundamental to maintaining the equilibrium in life- a balance in social ties and relations, resources, political control, and supernatural interactions, as broadly conveyed in metaphor. In recognizing this concept, scholars may better interpret what is found in the archaeological record tied to this basic Andean principal.","PeriodicalId":356569,"journal":{"name":"Andean Ontologies","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124068362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}