Relational Archaeologies And Cosmologies In The North —— Northern Exposures

----- 北方的关系考古学与宇宙学：北方的展示

ISBN: 9781138358980 出版年：2019 页码：212 Vesa-pekka Herva Taylor & Francis

In its analysis of the archaeologies and histories of the northern fringe of europe, this book provides a focus on animistic-shamanistic cosmologies and the associated human-environment relations from the neolithic to modern times. The north has fascinated europeans throughout history, as an enchanted world of natural and supernatural marvels: a land of light and dark, of northern lights and the midnight sun, of witches and magic, and of riches ranging from amber to oil. Northern lands conflate fantasies and realities. Rich archaeological, historical, ethnographic and folkloric materials combine in this book with cutting-edge theoretical perspectives drawn from relational ontologies and epistemologies, producing a fresh approach on the prehistory and history of a region that is pivotal to understanding europe-wide processes, such as neolithization and modernization. This book examines the mythical and actual northern worlds, with northern relational modes of perceiving and engaging with the world on the one hand and the `place' of the north in european culture on the other.