Article: Truth dwells in the deeps: southwestern oral traditions and archaeological interpretations.

There is considerable scholarly discussion on the feasibility of using American Indian traditional narratives or oral traditions as data in archaeological interpretations (Anyon et al. 1997; Echo-Hawk 2000; Mason 2000; Schaafsma and Schaafsma 1996; Swidler et al. 1997). In part, the discussion has been precipitated by the interpretation of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) as meaning that archaeologists must take oral traditions into account when constructing culture histories. While NAGPRA applies only in the United States, the issues have much wider relevance to the general dispute between science and religion. Some of these issues have ...

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