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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
9 Negotiation of Inalienability and Meanings at the Classic Maya Center of Aguateca, Guatemala
Contributor:
Inomata, Takeshi
Published:
Wiley, 2013
Published in:
Archaeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association, 23 (2013) 1, Seite 128-141
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1111/apaa.12020
ISSN:
1551-8248;
1551-823X
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
ABSTRACTA central issue in Annette Weiner's theory of inalienable possessions is the meaning of objects. This chapter provides a critique of conceptualizations that view objects as repositories of fixed, preexisting meaning from perspectives of practice theory, performance theory, and cognitive sciences. It examines how inalienability and associated meanings are created, negotiated, and contested. Data from the Classic Maya site of Aguateca provide an example of how symbolic objects and their perceived inalienability became points of reference and contestation among the ruler, other elites, and non‐elites.