Home > History >   Taino Indian Myth and Practice: The Arrival of the Stranger King (Hardcover)
	Our Price: $15.00 Author: William F. Keegan Language: English Pages: 256 Stock Status: In Stock Availability: Usually Ships in 24 to 48 Hours Product Code: 978-0813030388 Qty:

Description   Applying the legend of the "stranger king" to Caonabo, the mythologized Taino chief of the Hispaniola settlement Columbus invaded in 1492, Keegan examines how myths come to resonate as history--created by the chaotic interactions of the individuals who lived the events of the past as well as those who write and read about them. The "stranger king" story told in many cultures is that of a foreigner who comes from across the water, marries the king's daughter, and deposes the king. In this story, Caonabo, the most important Taíno chief at the time of European conquest, claimed to be imbued with Taino divinity, while Columbus, determined to establish a settlement called La Navidad, described himself as the "Christbearer." Keegan's ambitious historical analysis--knitting evidence from Spanish colonial documents together with data gathered from the archaeological record--provides a new perspective on the encounters between the two men as they vied for control of the settlement, a survey of the early interactions of the Tainos and Spanish people, and a complex view of the interpretive role played by historians and archaeologists. Presenting a new theoretical framework based on chaos and complexity theories, this book argues for a more comprehensive philosophy of archaeology in which oral myths, primary source texts, and archaeological studies can work together to reconstruct a particularly rich view of the past.   Other Related Products... Historia Dominicana Atipico: El Ejercicio del Poder como una Aventura History of the Caribbean Raza e Historia en Santo Domingo Our Price: $35.95 Add Our Price: $57.38 Add Our Price: $39.80 Add Our Price: $28.95 Add Nation & Citizen In The Dominican Republic Biografias Patrias El Ciclon de San Zenon y la "Patria Nueva" El Origen de la Cocina Dominicana: Historias y Rec Our Price: $36.75 Add Our Price: $8.97 Add Our Price: $19.30 Add Our Price: $38.30 Add

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