Other-than-human persons and the role they play in transforming social, economic, and ideological material realities is an area of expanding interest in archaeology. Although the Anishinaabeg were an early and vital focus of cultural anthropological studies on nonhumans given their significant relationships with other-than-human persons, known to them as manitou, emerging archaeologies advancing this topic are not largely centered on ancestral Anishinaabeg sites and artifacts. This article analyzes a set of nonvessel ceramic artifacts from Late Woodland archaeological sites in the Inland Waterway in northern Michigan, which are interpreted to be ceramic renderings of manitou. I argue that these were manitou-in-clay, vibrant relational entities that are brought into being for and through use in ceremonial perspective practices related to Mishipishu—a complexly powerful, seductive, and dangerous nonhuman being known as the head of all water spirits. I contextualize the making and breaking of Mishipishu manitou-in-clay as acts of petition by hunter-fishers who had been seduced by this manitou in dreams, as they headed out on necessary but high-risk early-spring resource harvesting in the inland lakes of the Inland Waterway. This case advances insights into how relationships with other-than-human persons were coproductive of the world in the northern Great Lakes region during the Late Woodland period.

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密歇根州北部晚林地内河水道景观中的非人类、迷石树与危险

非人类的人以及他们在改变社会、经济和意识形态物质现实中所发挥的作用是考古学中一个不断扩大的兴趣领域。尽管 Anishinaabeg 是非人类文化人类学研究的早期和重要焦点，因为他们与非人类的人（他们称为 manitou）有着重要的关系，但推进这一主题的新兴考古学并不主要集中在 Anishinaabeg 的祖先遗址和文物上。本文分析了一组来自密歇根州北部内陆水道晚期林地考古遗址的无容器陶瓷文物，这些文物被解释为曼尼图的陶瓷效果图。我认为这些是粘土中的曼尼图，生机勃勃的关系实体是为了并通过在与 Mishipishu 相关的仪式透视实践中使用而产生的，Mishipishu 是一种复杂的强大、诱人且危险的非人类生物，被称为所有水灵的元首。我将米石树泥鳅的形成和破坏置于背景中，是在梦中被这种泥鳅引诱的狩猎渔民的请愿行为，因为他们前往内陆湖泊进行必要但高风险的早春资源采集内河航道。这个案例让我们深入了解了在晚林地时期与非人类的人的关系如何在北五大湖地区共同生产世界。我将 Mishipishu manitou-in-clay 的形成和破坏置于背景下，是在梦中被这个 manitou 引诱的狩猎渔民的请愿行为，因为他们前往内陆湖泊进行必要但高风险的早春资源采集内河航道。这个案例让我们深入了解了在晚林地时期与非人类的人的关系如何在北五大湖地区共同生产世界。我将米石树泥鳅的形成和破坏置于背景中，是在梦中被这种泥鳅引诱的狩猎渔民的请愿行为，因为他们前往内陆湖泊进行必要但高风险的早春资源采集内河航道。这个案例让我们深入了解了在晚林地时期与非人类的人的关系如何在北五大湖地区共同生产世界。