Harrison-Buck, Eleanor, editorHendon, Julia A., editorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher2018-12-112018-12-112018https://hdl.handle.net/10217/193035Includes bibliographical references and index.Explores benefits and consequences of archaeological theorizing on and interpretation of social agency of non-humans as relational beings capable of producing change in the world. Cross-examines traditional understanding of agency and personhood, presenting globally diverse case studies that cover a range of cultural, geographical, and historical contexts.--Provided by publisher.An introduction to relational personhood and other-than-human agency in archaeology / Eleanor Harrison-Buck and Julia A. Hendon -- Personhood and agency in Eskimo interactions with the other-than-human / Erica Hill -- Dead kettles and indigenous afterworlds in early colonial encounters in the Maritimes / Meghan C. L. Howey -- Water and shells in bodies and pots: Mississippian rhizome, Cahokian poiesis / Timothy R. Pauketat and Susan M. Alt -- The inalienable-commodity continuum in the circulation of birds in the North American Plains / María Nieves Zedeño, Wendi Field Murray, and Kaitlyn Chandler -- Objects with voices among the ancient Maya / Matthew Looper -- Can tools have souls?: Maya views on the relations between human and other-than-human persons / Julia A. Hendon -- Torres Strait canoes as social and predatory object-beings / Ian J. McNiven -- Efficacious objects and techniques of the subject: "ornaments" and their depositional contexts in Banda, Ghana / Ann B. Stahl -- Finding objects, making persons: fossils in British Early Bronze Age burials / Joanna Brück and Andrew Meirion Jones -- Relational matters of being: personhood and agency in archaeology / Eleanor Harrison-Buck.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Social archaeology -- Case studiesAgent (Philosophy) -- Case studiesMaterial culture -- PhilosophyArchaeology -- PhilosophyTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.