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1 online resource (ix, 298 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-286) and index. |
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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. |
| Summary |
One of the most significant theoretical issues in contemporary American archaeology & mdash;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 forgotten with the passing of generations, however muc. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Folklore.
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Indians of North America -- Folklore. |
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Indians of North America -- History.
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Indians of North America. |
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History. |
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Oral tradition -- North America.
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Oral tradition. |
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North America. |
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Ethnohistory -- North America.
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Ethnohistory. |
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Electronic books.
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Folklore.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mason, Ronald J. Inconstant companions. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 0817315330 9780817315337 (DLC) 2006008288 (OCoLC)64896446 |
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9780817381417 (electronic book) |
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0817381414 (electronic book) |
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0817315330 (alkaline paper) |
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9780817315337 (alkaline paper) |
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