Revisiting Contact Interactions of the Keji’kewe’k L’nuk, or Recent People, and Europeans in the Mi’kma’ki

Summary

The recent emergence of ontological applications in archaeological theory has developed the idea to "reject representationalism", where present archaeological taxonomic labeling comes into question. By adopting the "local" perspective of an indigenous group through the guise of "Amerindian perspectivism," archaeologists can integrate a holistic view of the Mi’kmaw pluriverse. Through perspectivist approaches of the ontological lens, the author will explore sensory worlds, and how sensory should be considered archaeological material. A proposal of investigating cultural landscapes during the Protohistoric Period (1500-1630), on intra and inter-site scales, not only illustrates continuity and change in land usage but also how sensory may perform as a deterrent or incentive in Mi’kmaq/European trade networks. Through examining the early fur trade during the Protohistoric Period via materiality, cultural landscape, and ethnohistoric documentation, archaeologists can interpret sensory worlds of cultural interactions through the perspective of the indigenous population.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20952