Many archaeological studies in the past decade have begun engaging with the ontological turn that has been occurring in the discipline of anthropology. Of primary interest to archaeologists is how ontologies are materialized and thus become visible in the archaeological record. However, few archaeologists have evaluated how ontologies can affect monumental practices and their products. This research focuses on how an ontology can be materialized as monumental architecture by presenting a case study of the Belle Glade archaeological culture, located in the Kissimmee-Okeechobee-Everglades (KOE) watershed of southern Florida. I argue that Belle Glade monumental architecture is the materialization of three principles—relatedness, circularity, and place-centeredness—exhibited in Native American ontologies. These principles are embodied in the form of the monuments, which invoke citations to the relatedness between the earth, sky, and water through their emplacement in flowing water, alignments to celestial events, and alignments to other places on the landscape.

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以巨大的形式物化本体论：在佛罗里达州奥基乔比盆地进行本体论

过去十年中的许多考古研究已经开始涉及人类学学科中发生的本体论转向。考古学家的主要兴趣是本体如何被物化，从而在考古记录中变得可见。然而，很少有考古学家评估本体论如何影响不朽的实践及其产品。本研究通过展示位于佛罗里达州南部基西米-奥基乔比-大沼泽地 (KOE) 分水岭的 Belle Glade 考古文化的案例研究，侧重于如何将本体具体化为具有纪念意义的建筑。我认为 Belle Glade 纪念性建筑是美洲原住民本体论中展示的三个原则——关联性、循环性和以地方为中心的具体化。