Overview
- Discusses studies on the Araucanians/Che from the perspective of historical archaeology
- Provides an analysis that can be applied in cross-cultural comparison with other indigenous groups
- Combines archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography to discuss the long term cultural development of the Araucanians/Che
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology (CGHA)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume examines the processes and patterns of Araucanian cultural development and resistance to foreign influences and control through the combined study of historical and ethnographic records complemented by archaeological investigation in south-central Chile. This examination is done through the lens of Resilience Theory, which has the potential to offer an interpretive framework for analyzing Araucanian culture through time and space. Resilience Theory describes “the capacity of a system to absorb disturbances and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain the same function.” The Araucanians incorporated certain Spanish material culture into their own, rejected others, and strategically restructured aspects of their political, economic, social, and ideological institutions in order to remain independent for over 350 years.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jacob Sauer received his PhD in Anthropology from Vanderbilt University and BAs in Anthropology and History from Brigham Young University. He has lived in and done anthropological and historical research in Chile since 1997, as well as archaeological investigations in the southwestern and southeastern United States, and in Mexico.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Araucanian Resilience
Authors: Jacob J. Sauer
Series Title: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09201-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-09200-3Published: 25 September 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35169-8Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-09201-0Published: 13 September 2014
Series ISSN: 1574-0439
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 193
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology, History, general