Inconstant companions: archaeology and north american indian oral traditions
Auteur :
Mason, Ronald J.
Éditeur :
The University of Alabama Press
ISBN :
9780817355333
Date de publication :
16 nov. 2008
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
541 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores the tension between aboriginal oral traditions and the practice of archaeology in North America. Through copious examples across academic and ethnographic spectra and over millennia, this book examines the disparate functions of traditional 'ways of knowing' in contrast to the paradigm of science and critical historiography.