{"product_id":"sentient-seas-archaeologies-of-seascapes-and-maritime-rituals-paperback-softback-9780813081540","title":"Sentient Seas; Archaeologies of Seascapes and Maritime Rituals (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813081540","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSentient Seas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eArchaeologies of Seascapes and Maritime Rituals\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIan J. McNiven (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813081540\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 March 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e504 pages, 20 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm, 0.788 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel cross-cultural exploration of how maritime peoples have engaged with the sea through cosmology, spirituality, and ritual\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSentient Seas\u003c\/i\u003e offers a global perspective on maritime cultures, examining how societies across time and space have understood and interacted with the sea. Synthesizing archaeological evidence, historical documents, and ethnographic accounts, Ian McNiven explores maritime traditions from ancient civilizations in the Middle East and Mediterranean to medieval Europe and Scandinavia to contemporary Indigenous communities in the South Pacific.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMcNiven investigates diverse cultural practices including shipbuilding, the treatment of shipwrecks and shipwreck victims, and maritime resource use, interpreting the evidence through the perspectives of mariners who understood the seas to be sentient and capable of acting with intentionality. He introduces the concepts of “terrestrial seascapes” and “ontological switching” to illustrate how land-based shrines and votive offerings extend maritime cosmologies and maintain a liminal transition from land to sea. By bridging anthropological and archaeological research with transdisciplinary blue humanities scholarship, \u003ci\u003eSentient Seas\u003c\/i\u003e approaches seas as spiritscapes, recontextualizing folkloric beliefs about maritime superstitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Seascape Awakenings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Cosmological Edges of the Sea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Cosmological Beings of the Sea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Emplaced Seascapes: Marking the Sea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Terrestrial Seascapes: Inland Referencing of the Sea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. Rituals of Ship Construction and Destruction: Embodiment to Predatorization\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. Rituals of Voyaging and Mishap: Seafaring on Land and at Sea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. Sentient Elements: Agentive Tides, Waves, and Winds\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. Sentient Prey: Hunting with Agentive Skulls and Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. Sentient Stock: Fishing with Agentive Bones and Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. Why So Many Maritime Rituals?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. Summary and Conclusions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559272608024,"sku":"9780813081540","price":24.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sentient-seas-archaeologies-of-seascapes-and-maritime-rituals-paperback-softback-9780813081540","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}