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dc.contributor.authorEidshaug, Jo Sindre Pålssønn
dc.contributor.authorBjerck, Hein Bjartmann
dc.contributor.authorLohndal, Terje
dc.contributor.authorRisbøl, Ole
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-22T09:15:55Z
dc.date.available2024-02-22T09:15:55Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-21
dc.description.abstractReverend 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 fsher-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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEidshaug JSP, Bjerck HB, Lohndal T, Risbøl OR. Words as archaeological objects: A study of marine lifeways, seascapes, and coastal environmental knowledge in the Yagan‑English dictionary. International Journal of Historical Archaeology. 2024en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2248390
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10761-024-00729-7
dc.identifier.issn1092-7697
dc.identifier.issn1573-7748
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/33000
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relation.journalInternational Journal of Historical Archaeology
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)en_US
dc.titleWords as archaeological objects: A study of marine lifeways, seascapes, and coastal environmental knowledge in the Yagan‑English dictionaryen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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