Inconstant companions [[electronic resource] ] : archaeology and North American Indian oral traditions / / Ronald J. Mason
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Mason Ronald J
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| Titolo: |
Inconstant companions [[electronic resource] ] : archaeology and North American Indian oral traditions / / Ronald J. Mason
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.897 |
| Soggetto topico: | Indians of North America |
| Indians of North America - History | |
| Oral tradition - North America | |
| Ethnohistory - North America | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-286) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 interdisciplinary and set in a global context. Indeed, the issues at stake are universal in the current era of intellectual ""decolonization"" and multiculturalism. Unless committed to writing, even the most esteemed utterances are inevitably f |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Inconstant companions |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8141-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778237003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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