01727nam a22003614a 4500 ebr10218375 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060309s2006 alu sb s001 0 eng 2006008288 0817315330 (alk. paper) 9780817315337 (alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)320322862 n------ E98.F6 M28 2006eb 305.897 22 Mason, Ronald J. Inconstant companions [electronic resource] : archaeology and North American Indian oral traditions / Ronald J. Mason. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2006. ix, 298 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-286) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Indians of North America Folklore. Indians of North America History. Oral tradition North America. Ethnohistory North America. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10218375 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 130021 130021