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- Title
Unravelling identities on archaeological borderlands: Late Woodland Western Basin and Ontario Iroquoian Traditions in the Lower Great Lakes region.
- Authors
St. John, Amy; Ferris, Neal
- Abstract
Borders, boundaries, frontiers, and borderlands are complex things and processes which have become important foci in social sciences over the last two decades. Using archaeological border theory, grounded in anthropological border theory, which focuses on the cultural dimensions of borders, the nature and function of borders and boundaries in the archaeological record of societies indigenous to the Lower Great Lakes can be explored. An archaeological border theory examines how notions of identity, ethnicity, and material culture interplay with borders, allowing for more complex interpretations of archaeological materials and sites. Applying this theory to archaeological evidence from the interaction zones, or borderlands, between archaeologically defined Late Woodland traditions illustrates how these concepts can lead to more complete understandings of the way people lived in the past. Examining borders in the past allows social scientists to recognize their historically situated, fluid nature and will lead to greater consideration of the socially constructed nature of borders in the present. Key Messages: Anthropologists and archaeologists are well‐situated to study the cultural dimensions of borders including identity, ethnicity, and material culture.Borders between Indigenous groups in the past in the Lower Great Lakes region were porous and in motion.Archaeological examination of borders provides a long‐term perspective that aids in understanding the fluid nature of borders.
- Subjects
ONTARIO; GEOGRAPHIC boundaries; BORDERLANDS; ARCHAEOLOGY; CULTURE
- Publication
Canadian Geographer, 2019, Vol 63, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
0008-3658
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cag.12513