Words as Archaeological Objects: A Study of Marine Lifeways, Seascapes, and Coastal Environmental Knowledge in the Yagan-English Dictionary

IF 1 3区 历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY International Journal of Historical Archaeology Pub Date : 2024-02-21 DOI:10.1007/s10761-024-00729-7
Jo Sindre P. Eidshaug, Hein B. Bjerck, Terje Lohndal, Ole Risbøl
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Reverend Thomas Bridges’ Yagan-English dictionary (1879) has hitherto been little explored outside of linguistics but is highly valuable as a complementary source to archaeological, ethnohistorical, and ethnographic records in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile). The dictionary contains 22,800 entries and yields rich information concerning the marine lifeways of the Yagan and their and intimate knowledge about Fuegian seascapes. The idea behind this paper is that environments have strong bearings on linguistic vocabularies. Treating words as archaeological objects that map onto landscapes, we identify important landforms for Yagan marine foragers and Norwegian fisher-farmers in a comparative study of word frequencies in Bridges’ dictionary and Ivar Aasen’s Norwegian dictionary (1850). Moreover, we explore in detail how marine lifestyles and Fuegian seascapes emerge in Bridges’ dictionary and discuss the dictionary’s relevance for historical archaeology in Tierra del Fuego.

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作为考古对象的文字:亚干英语词典中的海洋生活方式、海景和沿海环境知识研究
托马斯-布里奇斯(Thomas Bridges)牧师的亚干语-英语词典(1879 年)迄今为止在语言学领域之外鲜有人问津,但作为火地岛(阿根廷和智利)考古学、民族历史和人种学记录的补充资料却非常有价值。词典包含 22,800 个词条,提供了有关亚干人海洋生活方式的丰富信息,以及他们对火地岛海景的深入了解。本文的观点是,环境对语言词汇有很大的影响。我们将词汇视为映射地貌的考古对象,通过对布里奇斯词典和伊瓦尔-阿森(Ivar Aasen)的挪威语词典(1850 年)中词汇频率的比较研究,确定了亚干海洋觅食者和挪威渔农的重要地貌。此外,我们还详细探讨了布里奇斯词典中如何出现海洋生活方式和火地岛海景,并讨论了该词典对火地岛历史考古学的意义。
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期刊介绍: International Journal of Historical Archaeology is the first authoritative resource for scholarly research on this rapidly growing field. Articles - contributed by an international body of experts - contain current theoretical, methodological, and site-specific research. Exploring a wide-range of topics, articles focus on the post-1492 period and includes studies reaching into the Late Medieval period. In addition, the journal makes global connections between sites, regions, and continents. International Journal of Historical Archaeology will fulfill the needs of archaeologists, students, historians, and historical preservationists as well as practionioners of other closely related disciplines. For more detailed information about this new journal, including complete submission instructions, please visit the http://www.ilstu.edu/~ceorser/ijha.html International Journal of Historical Archaeology Web Site. Rated ''A'' in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH) International Journal of Historical Archaeology is rated ''A'' in the ERHI, a new reference index that aims to help evenly access the scientific quality of Humanities research output. For more information visit http://www.esf.org/research-areas/humanities/activities/research-infrastructures.html Rated ''A'' in the Australian Research Council Humanities and Creative Arts Journal List. For more information, visit: http://www.arc.gov.au/era/journal_list.htm
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