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Ethnohistory (2023) 70 (3): 279–301.
Published: 01 July 2023
... observations and assumptions. The obscured names of the two groups have been uncovered by this research. mitsuyoshiyabe@cmail.carleton.ca Copyright 2023 by American Society for Ethnohistory 2023 Indigenous anthropology Abenaki peoples Kwupahag Muanbissek place-name analysis...
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Ethnohistory (2009) 56 (1): 163–185.
Published: 01 January 2009
... of place-names. This article argues that the practice demonstrates a form of cartographic imagination that is based on a different theorization of the relationship between space and time. Contrasting the formal technology of cartography with the Palikur performative representations of “spatiotemporality...
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Ethnohistory (2019) 66 (2): 301–328.
Published: 01 April 2019
... remains together with sparsely available sixteenth-century documentation. Drawing on existing and newly discovered sources, this article uses an onomastic approach to interpret glossonyms (language names), anthroponyms (personal names), and toponyms (place-names) in order to reconstruct past linguistic...
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Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (1): 51–78.
Published: 01 January 2012
... Brothertown
such as this o·er valuable insights into processes of identity formation and
negotiation as they occurred between community members and their inter-
locutors. An archaeology of Brothertown discourse therefore speaks to the
role of language—specically toponyms (place names) and ethnonyms...
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Ethnohistory (2014) 61 (2): 357–360.
Published: 01 April 2014
... intentions, and piecing together their long history
often takes great effort.
Mundy’s essay demonstrates the social life of maps in a different form,
through their historical transformation. She traces the shifting of place-
names in Mexico City beginning with their emblematic replacement...
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Ethnohistory (2023) 70 (3): 351–384.
Published: 01 July 2023
... Cartografía y Artes Gráficas, Signatura C-028-004. Figure 4. Geo-referenced rendering of the RGI map. We indicate the town’s actual location in contrast to where they were placed on the original map. We are using the Spanish names and the description of Pariacaca as they were notes by Dávila Briceño. Note...
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Ethnohistory (2020) 67 (2): 321–322.
Published: 01 April 2020
...Christopher Steinke The book as a whole might have benefited from more of this comparative analysis, especially by considering in more detail how Pawnees and Iowas defined and named places within their homelands. Overall, however, this work offers innovative readings of seemingly familiar...
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Ethnohistory (2014) 61 (4): 793–804.
Published: 01 October 2014
... of place names that incorporate the
glyphs for house and corn, concluding that dwellings and cornfields were
salient categories in classic Maya conceptions of landscape. This interpre-
tation stems from reading the T85 (nal) grapheme literally (nal means “ear
of corn” in several Mayan languages...
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Ethnohistory (2001) 48 (3): 403–432.
Published: 01 July 2001
... sheets (lienzos) simply translate the place-
names from one script (pictographic) into another (alphabetic). However,
the glosses in the historical and genealogical screenfold books are often of
a different nature:
[The Codex] Colombino is a pre-Conquest screenfold whose pictorial
narrative...
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Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (2): 353–385.
Published: 01 April 2012
... themselves of the Kamba, coastal peoples sought the assis-
tance of a legendary warrior and elephant hunter living in the hinterland,
variously referred to as the Pazi, by his clan name Kilama, or by his place of
origin, Kibwe Banduka.
After successfully driving away the Kamba, he demanded for his...
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Ethnohistory (2018) 65 (1): 101–127.
Published: 01 January 2018
... had traditional place names. The paintings, then, verify the locations of culturally significant places that otherwise might have been lost to social memory (Miller 1990 : 204n10). Because these geological formations were carefully marked with tumulh , they likely represent sxwoxwiyam...
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Ethnohistory (2000) 47 (2): 281–331.
Published: 01 April 2000
... that ended with Peñobiya. So it seems to deal with a
parallel genealogical tree and partly identical to the lineage of Tehuantepec
mentioned previously.
This interpretation implies that in the process of placing names, from...
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Ethnohistory (2015) 62 (2): 217–240.
Published: 01 April 2015
... told when the event
took place and where. All twenty-two entries name Sitting Bull as the pro-
tagonist and all indicate the tribal affiliation of his adversary. The number of
people involved on each side in the engagement is given in eighteen entries.
All tell the outcome of Sitting Bull’s...
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Ethnohistory (2004) 51 (2): 448–450.
Published: 01 April 2004
...
well-documented by Maya specialists, is seen as an impossibility in this
book, despite the routine occurrence of such naming patterns in systems of
sacred kingship.
What does Baudez suggest in place of theism in Classic sources? He
claims that most buildings are ‘‘microcosms’’ or ‘‘dynastic...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2022) 69 (1): 127–128.
Published: 01 January 2022
...Colin M. Osmond References Carlson Keith Thor . 2010 . The Power of Place, The Problem of Time: Aboriginal Identity and Historical Consciousness in the Cauldron of Colonialism . Toronto : University of Toronto Press . Lutz John . 2008 . Makúk: A New History of Aboriginal...
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Ethnohistory (2012) 59 (2): 387–405.
Published: 01 April 2012
... record, not seeking to inform an absent readership. It is written
in English, but a fractured English with inconsistent spelling, especially the
spelling of the names of Tsimshian people and places, and it can be frus-
tratingly ambiguous because it lacks consistent punctuation. Despite...
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Ethnohistory (2004) 51 (2): 445–448.
Published: 01 April 2004
...
well-documented by Maya specialists, is seen as an impossibility in this
book, despite the routine occurrence of such naming patterns in systems of
sacred kingship.
What does Baudez suggest in place of theism in Classic sources? He
claims that most buildings are ‘‘microcosms’’ or ‘‘dynastic...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2004) 51 (2): 450–453.
Published: 01 April 2004
...
well-documented by Maya specialists, is seen as an impossibility in this
book, despite the routine occurrence of such naming patterns in systems of
sacred kingship.
What does Baudez suggest in place of theism in Classic sources? He
claims that most buildings are ‘‘microcosms’’ or ‘‘dynastic...
Journal Article
Ethnohistory (2004) 51 (2): 453–454.
Published: 01 April 2004
... of such naming patterns in systems of
sacred kingship.
What does Baudez suggest in place of theism in Classic sources? He
claims that most buildings are ‘‘microcosms’’ or ‘‘dynastic temples’’ with-
out addressing the commonly accepted view that these buildings are named
hieroglyphically...
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Ethnohistory (2009) 56 (4): 764–766.
Published: 01 October 2009
... River) is “from k-, which marks many place-names, and yeen ‘mist,
fog’” (21). It seems much more likely that the initial part of this word, ks-, is
related to the word aks, “water,” or even ksi-, “out of.” The structure of the
language and a high number of homonyms make it difficult to decide...
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