Pilgrimage instigates relationships between phenomena that produce hierophanies, or sacred, enchanting experiences. In this paper I argue that pilgrimage scholars should focus on the relational qualities of pilgrimage in order to rethink and produce more detailed, sensuous descriptions and analyses of this practice. This can be done by employing “relational approaches,” seen here as perspectives that recognize and prioritize the interconnections among persons, places, things, and substances. I further suggest that focusing on movement, the vitality of places and materials, and the senses is useful in thinking about the relational aspects of pilgrimage. Moreover, archaeologists are well-situated to investigate these phenomena and thus can and should push pilgrimage studies in new directions. I provide a case study of the Emerald Acropolis, an 11th-century Cahokian pilgrimage center. Cahokians traveled to Emerald on certain occasions and, while there, manipulated particular substances—earth and water—in ways that gathered otherworldly powers in affective ways.

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重新思考朝圣考古

朝圣可以激发现象之间的关系，这些现象会产生等级或神圣迷人的体验。在本文中，我认为朝圣学者应该关注朝圣的关系品质，以便重新思考和产生关于这种习俗的更详细，感性的描述和分析。这可以通过采用“关系方法”来完成，在这里，“关系方法”被视为认识和优先考虑人，地方，事物和物质之间的互连的观点。我进一步建议，集中精力于运动，位置和材料的活力以及感官对于思考朝圣的关系方面很有用。此外，考古学家有充分的条件研究这些现象，因此可以并且应该朝着新的方向推动朝圣研究。我提供了翡翠卫城的案例研究，一个11世纪的卡霍基安朝圣中心。Cahokians在某些场合前往Emerald，并在那里以某种方式操纵了特定的物质（地球和水），从而以情感的方式聚集了世俗的力量。