Traditional Knowledge and Archaeology (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Mariane Gaudreau.

It is widely accepted that the study of material culture and oral narratives are two different but equally important avenues for looking into the past. While the distinct sets of data they produce frequently corroborate and/or complement each other, allowing for a deeper understanding of the past, discrepancies are not uncommon. In those cases, "scientific" data often take precedence and local knowledge is marginalized. While archaeologists see oral narratives as useful "tools" to archaeological...