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Title Indigeneity and the sacred : indigenous revival and the conservation of sacred natural sites in the Americas / edited by Fausto Sarmiento and Sarah Hitchner.

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 256 pages).
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Series Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; volume 22
Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 22.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Geographies of Indigenous Revival and Conservation -- Introduction. Whose Sacred Sites? Indigenous Political Use of Sacred Sites, Mythology, and Religion / Randall Borman -- ch. 1 Connecting Policy and Practice for the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites / Gerard Verschoor -- ch. 2 Structural Changes in Latin American Spirituality: An Essay on the Geography of Religions / Axel Borsdorf -- pt. 2 Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes -- Introduction to Part 2. Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes / Sarah Hitchner -- ch. 3 El Buen Vivir and "the Good Life": A South -- North Binary Perspective on the Indigenous, the Sacred, and Their Conservation / Larry M. Frolich -- ch. 4 Sacred Mountains: Sources of Indigenous Revival and Sustenance / Edwin Bernbaum -- ch. 5 Frozen Mummies and the Archaeology of High Mountains in the Construction of Andean Identity / Constanza Ceruti -- ch. 6 Sacred Sites and Changing Dimensions of Andean Indigenous Identities in Space and Time / Christoph Stadel -- ch. 7 National Park Service Approaches to Connecting Indigenous Cultural and Spiritual Values to Protected Places / Charles W. Smythe -- pt. 3 Case Studies -- Introduction to Part 3. Case Studies / Sarah Hitchner -- ch. 8 Collaborative Archaeology as a Tool for Preserving Sacred Sites in the Cherokee Heartland / Benjamin A. Steere -- ch. 9 Biocultural Sacred Sites in Mexico / Geraldine Patrick Encina -- ch. 10 New Dimensions in the Territorial Conservation Management in Ecuador: A Brief Political View of Sacred Sites in Ecuador / Xavier Viteri -- ch. 11 Sustainability and Ethnobotanical Knowledge in the Peruvian Amazon: New Directions for Sacred Site Conservation and Indigenous Revival / Fernando Roca Alcazar -- pt. 4 Conclusion -- Conclusion / John Schelhas.
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Subject Indigenous peoples -- America.
Indigenous peoples.
America.
Sacred space -- Conservation and restoration -- America.
Sacred space -- Conservation and restoration.
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration -- America.
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.
Cultural landscapes -- America.
Nature -- Religious aspects.
Protected areas -- Management.
Cultural landscapes.
Nature -- Religious aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
Protected areas -- Management.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Sarmiento, Fausto O., editor.
Hitchner, Sarah, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Indigeneity and the sacred. First edition. New York : Berghahn Books, [2017] 9781785333965 (DLC) 2017011853 (OCoLC)989123701
ISBN 9781785333972 (electronic book)
1785333976 (electronic book)
9781785333965 (hardcover alkaline paper)
1785333968