Toward a Nim (Mono) Archeology

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This poster is a collaboration in an attempt to create a new archeology rooted in a Native American tradition of the people who created the archeological deposits, based in a Nim sense of time, space and values. Archeologists must get away from the artificial concept of sites, which divides rather than looks for interconnections. We must show respect for artifacts not as objects, but imbued with the spirit of those that made them. We need to look at landscapes and land uses. Our chronologies must be rooted in Native American time rather than Western European categories. Lastly we need to create an archeology that embraces Native values. Their past can never fully be understood outside of their frameworks.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 24744