Inconstant companions : archaeology and North American Indian oral traditions /

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One of the most significant theoretical issues in contemporary American archaeology - the role of oral tradition in scientific research. Ronald J. Mason explores the tension between aboriginal oral traditions and the practice of archaeology in North America. That exploration is necessarily interdisc...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Mason, Ronald J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Sujets:
Indians of North America > Folklore.
Indians of North America > History.
Oral tradition > North America.
Ethnohistory > North America.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord > Folklore.
Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord > Histoire.
Tradition orale > Amérique du Nord.
Ethnohistoire > Amérique du Nord.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
Ethnohistory
Indians of North America
Oral tradition
North America
Folklore
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • On history
  • On memory
  • Norsemen, trojans, and ancient Israelites
  • On the nature of oral tradition
  • Mixing apples and oranges, or Looking for kernels of truth
  • Mammoth remembrances
  • On the historicity of symbols and symbolic praxis
  • On the central Siouans before J. Owen Dorsey
  • Conclusions.

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