Tracing the Relational

Meghan E. Buchanan is a research scientist for the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. She received an MA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and a PhD from Indiana University, USA. B. Jacob Skousen is a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA. He specializes in Midwestern archaeology, with an emphasis on Mississippian societies and the Cahokia site in southern Illinois, USA. His research interests include religion, pilgrimage, movement, and relational ontologies.

"This is an excellent collection of essays that are timely, empirically rich, well written, and that engage with current theoretical debates within archaeology, as well as a range of other humanities disciplines. This volume will offer a significant contribution to archaeological research and anthropological scholarship more broadly, aligning itself with current theoretical trends while also pushing such scholarship in new and productive directions." -Darryl Wilkinson, University of Wisconsin-Madison "This edited volume presents fascinating case studies of the material immanence of spirits and otherworldly forces in the ancient Americas. . . .The book makes an important contribution to archaeological theory."-American Antiquity "All of the articles are interesting in their pursuit of novel questions, consideration of previously overlooked kinds of data, and analysis of these data using new approaches."-Journal of Anthropological Research "The methods and interpretations within these pages are bold and original.... This book is a valuable contribution to archaeological theory and helps to restore the feasibility of postprocessual ambitions regarding inquiry into symbolic and cosmological realms of human past."-Canadian Journal of Archaeology