Abstract:In this article, we examine Bruce Grindal's 1983 essay, "Into the Heart of Sisala Experience: Witnessing Death Divination." We do so from the perspectives of two Africanist ethnographers and a Mesoamericanist archaeologist for the purpose of exploring current epistemological presuppositions about anthropological research. We argue that Grindal's holistic approach to ethnography stands as a model for anthropological methods across the subdisciplines. We take archaeology as a particular example. Although the hum… Show more
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