RITUAL & POWER IN STONE

The Performance of Rulership in Mesoamerican Izapan Style Art


Libro de Julia Guernsey (2006)

CONTENIDO

Preface and Acknowledgments ix

1 An Introduction to the Late Preclassic Period 1
2 The Site of Izapa in Context 17
3 A Historiography of Izapa and the Izapan Style 43
4 Part of a Continuum: Supernatural Communication in Late Preclassic Izapan Style Art 75
5 The Performance of Rulership: Avian Transformation in Izapan Style Monuments 91
6 Monuments in Context 119
7 Beyond Ritual: Macaws, Men, and Matrices of Exchange 143

Notes 157
Bibliography 175

Gathering Hopewell

Society, Ritual, and Ritual Interaction




Libro editado por Carr y Case (2004) es parte de una serie denominada Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology

I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION

1. The Gathering of Hopewell
Carr y Case
2. Historical Insight into the Directions and Limitations of Recent Research on Hopewell
Carr

II. SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS OF NORTHERN HOPEWELLIAN PEOPLES

3. Salient Issues in the Social and Political Organizations of Northern Hopewellian Peoples:
Contextualizing, Personalizing, and Generating Hopewell
Carr
4. Community Organizations in the Scioto, Mann, and Havana Hopewellian Regions: A Comparative Perspective
Ruby, Carr y Charles
5. The Nature of Leadership in Ohio Hopewellian Societies: Role Segregation and the Transformation from Shamanism
Carr y Case
The Question of Ranking inHavana Hopewellian Societies:ARetrospective in Light of Multi-cemetery Ceremonial Organization
Carr
7. The Tripartite Ceremonial Alliance among Scioto Hopewellian Communities and the Question of Social Ranking
Carr
8. Animal-Totemic Clans of Ohio Hopewellian Peoples
Thomas, Carr y Keller
9. Gender, Status, and Ethnicity in the Scioto, Miami, and Northeastern Ohio Hopewellian Regions, as Evidenced by Mortuary Practices
Field, Goldberg y Lee
10. Gender and Social Differentiation within the Turner Population, Ohio, as Evidenced by Activity-Induced Musculoskeletal Stress Markers
Rodrigues
11. Gender, Role, Prestige, and Ritual Interaction across the Ohio, Mann, and Havana Hopewellian Regions, as Evidenced by Ceramic Figurines
Keller y Carr

III. RITUAL GATHERINGS OF NORTHERN HOPEWELLIAN PEOPLES

12. Scioto Hopewell Ritual Gatherings: A Review and Discussion of Previous Interpretations and Data
Carr
13. Estimating the Sizes and Social Compositions of Mortuary-Related Gatherings at Scioto Hopewell Earthwork–Mound Sites
Carr, Goldstein y Weets
14. Smoking Pipe Compositions and Styles as Evidence of the Social Affiliations of Mortuary Ritual Participants at the Tremper Site, Ohio
Weets, Carr, Penney y Carriveau
15. Ceramic Vessel Compositions and Styles as Evidence of the Local and Nonlocal Social Affiliations of Ritual Participants at the Mann Site, Indiana
Ruby y Shriner

IV. HOPEWELLIAN RITUAL CONNECTIONS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

16. Rethinking Interregional Hopewellian “Interaction”
Carr
17. Hopewellian Copper Celts from Eastern North America: Their Social and Symbolic Significance
Bernadini y Carr
18. Hopewellian Panpipes from Eastern North America: Their Social, Ritual, and Symbolic Significance
Turff y Carr
19. Hopewellian Copper Earspools from Eastern North America: The Social, Ritual, and Symbolic Significance of Their Contexts and Distribution
Ruhl
20. Hopewellian Silver and Silver Artifacts from Eastern North America: Their Sources, Procurement, Distribution, and Meanings
Spence y Fryer

The Archaeology of Shamanism

Las prácticas rituales, donde el/la chaman/a a través de la percepción de otras realidades cumple el rol de mediador/a entre humanos y el mundo supernatural, tienen un correlato en el registro arqueológico de los pueblos prehistóricos.

En esta compilación de artículos sobre esta temática editada en el año 2001 por Neil Price, quien hace una introducción general a la arqueología del chamanismo o de los “estados alterados”, brinda discusiones teóricas con casos de estudio detallados del hemisferio norte (Groenlandia, Nepal, Siberia, Kazakhstan, etc.) en un marco temporal que abarca desde el Paleolítico Superior hasta la actualidad, acercándose a la cultura material y paisajes chamánicos, el uso de arquitectura ritual y la práctica chamánica en el contexto de esos otros sistemas de creencias.

Además, en este libro se establece una revisión al concepto de chamanismo como un constructo antropológico poniendo énfasis en la interpretación de las creencias chamánicas en términos de la neurociencia cognitiva y sobre la percepción pública moderna del chamanismo del pasado. Se abordan temas que atraviesan el concepto, tales como género, cuerpo, identidad, paisaje, percepción social de animales, “arte” rupestre y mobiliario, y herencia de la práctica e identidad cultural de los pueblos indígenas.

Considero que en muchos otros sures, estas prácticas también pueden ser abordadas desde una arqueología hiperborea... sin mal (me rio con Nietzsche). O tal vez, mejor sea construir mágicamente otra forma de abordarla, como un/a verdadero/a aprendiz que le queda la responsabilidad eterna de curar o resolver problemas.