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Conference paper
Bridging history and prehistory: General reflections and particular quandries
69th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (Baton Rouge, LA, 11/2012)
11/09/2012
Abstract
How can social entities derived from spatial and temporal patterning in material culture be reconciled with social entities derived from documentary accounts based on the assertions of both colonial and indigenous informants? How can archaeologists and ethnohistorians translate their independently-derived conceptions of the social landscape for one another? Using the Southeastern U.S. as a backdrop, this paper explores fundamental ontological and methodological differences between how we perceive and construct these social entities using material and documentary data, highlighting the rarely-challenged assumption that ceramic assemblages are reasonable indicators of the ethnic identity of their makers, and suggesting potential alternatives and solutions.
Details
- Title
- Bridging history and prehistory
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Conference
- 69th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference (Baton Rouge, LA, 11/2012)
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090631906600
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology
- Language
- English