Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Dedication ix
5. Acknowledgments x
6. Preface xii
7. Part 1 Geographies of Indigenous Revival and Conservation
8. Introduction: Whose Sacred Sites? Indigenous Political Use of Sacred Sites, Mythology, and Religion 3
9. Chapter 1 Connecting Policy and Practice for the Conservation of Sacred Natural Sites 11
10. Chapter 2 Structural Changes in Latin American Spirituality: An Essay on the Geography of Religions 41
11. Part 2 Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes
12. Introduction to Part 2 Framing Sacred Sites in Indigenous Mindscapes 65
13. Chapter 3 El Buen Vivir and “the Good Life” A South–North Binary Perspective on the Indigenous, the Sacred, and Their Conservation 67
14. Chapter 4 Sacred Mountains: Sources of Indigenous Revival and Sustenance 92
15. Chapter 5 Frozen Mummies and the Archaeology of High Mountains in the Construction of Andean Identity 105
16. Chapter 6 Sacred Sites and Changing Dimensions of Andean Indigenous Identities in Space and Time 119
17. Chapter 7 National Park Service Approaches to Connecting Indigenous Cultural and Spiritual Values to Protected Places 133
18. Part 3 Case Studies
19. Introduction to Part 3 Case Studies 161
20. Chapter 8 Collaborative Archaeology as a Tool for Preserving Sacred Sites in the Cherokee Heartland 163
21. Chapter 9 Biocultural Sacred Sites in Mexico 186
22. Chapter 10 New Dimensions in the Territorial Conservation Management in Ecuador: A Brief Political View of Sacred Sites in Ecuador 205
23. Chapter 11 Sustainability and Ethnobotanical Knowledge in the Peruvian Amazon: New Directions for Sacred Site Conservation and Indigenous Revival 214
24. Conclusion 228
25. Index 243