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Material culture and sacred landscape

Paperback • 2003 • English

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 symbolism of the Khanty, their material culture,...Show more

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History and Archaeology
Children’s, Teenage and Educational

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9780759102774

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

Material culture and sacred landscape

Format

Paperback

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