Fractal Worlds: An Archaeology of Nested Spatial Scales
Archaeologists approach their evidence at numerous scales, from the intercontinental distributions of people and their things to the microscopic structure in a thin section. This is possible and worthwhile, in part, because people in the past also acted in, and conceived of, their worlds at a variet...
Published in: | ARCTIC |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
The Arctic Institute of North America
2017
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4659 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4659/4856 |
id |
crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic4659 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
crarcticinstna:10.14430/arctic4659 2024-06-09T07:42:05+00:00 Fractal Worlds: An Archaeology of Nested Spatial Scales Whitridge, Peter 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4659 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4659/4856 unknown The Arctic Institute of North America http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ARCTIC volume 69, issue 5, page 1 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 journal-article 2017 crarcticinstna https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4659 2024-05-14T12:53:43Z Archaeologists approach their evidence at numerous scales, from the intercontinental distributions of people and their things to the microscopic structure in a thin section. This is possible and worthwhile, in part, because people in the past also acted in, and conceived of, their worlds at a variety of scales. The precontact Inuit record reveals not only large-scale regional networks and intricate site structures, but also the diminutive worlds depicted in toys, amulets, and figurative art. The human body was the most popular object of this miniaturization discourse, and it served to anchor the fractal-like proliferation of imagined worlds in everyday bodily experience. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit Arctic Institute of North America ARCTIC 69 5 1 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Arctic Institute of North America |
op_collection_id |
crarcticinstna |
language |
unknown |
description |
Archaeologists approach their evidence at numerous scales, from the intercontinental distributions of people and their things to the microscopic structure in a thin section. This is possible and worthwhile, in part, because people in the past also acted in, and conceived of, their worlds at a variety of scales. The precontact Inuit record reveals not only large-scale regional networks and intricate site structures, but also the diminutive worlds depicted in toys, amulets, and figurative art. The human body was the most popular object of this miniaturization discourse, and it served to anchor the fractal-like proliferation of imagined worlds in everyday bodily experience. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Whitridge, Peter |
spellingShingle |
Whitridge, Peter Fractal Worlds: An Archaeology of Nested Spatial Scales |
author_facet |
Whitridge, Peter |
author_sort |
Whitridge, Peter |
title |
Fractal Worlds: An Archaeology of Nested Spatial Scales |
title_short |
Fractal Worlds: An Archaeology of Nested Spatial Scales |
title_full |
Fractal Worlds: An Archaeology of Nested Spatial Scales |
title_fullStr |
Fractal Worlds: An Archaeology of Nested Spatial Scales |
title_full_unstemmed |
Fractal Worlds: An Archaeology of Nested Spatial Scales |
title_sort |
fractal worlds: an archaeology of nested spatial scales |
publisher |
The Arctic Institute of North America |
publishDate |
2017 |
url |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4659 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4659/4856 |
genre |
Arctic inuit |
genre_facet |
Arctic inuit |
op_source |
ARCTIC volume 69, issue 5, page 1 ISSN 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
op_rights |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4659 |
container_title |
ARCTIC |
container_volume |
69 |
container_issue |
5 |
container_start_page |
1 |
_version_ |
1801370984019656704 |