Kia kōrerorero tonu ai: a review of the dialogue at the interface of Indigenous oral tradition and archaeology in Aotearoa New Zealand and Oceania

IF 1.1 3区 历史学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY Archaeology in Oceania Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI:10.1002/arco.5338
Isaac McIvor, Tom Roa, Waikaremoana Waitoki
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This paper examines the previous theoretical interfaces of Indigenous oral tradition and archaeology in Oceania, specifically in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Historical processes of writing down kōrero, or oral histories, by amateur historians and ethnologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, culminated in the romanticised traditions of the early Polynesian society and influenced contemporary archaeological scholarship. In response to criticisms, archaeologists attempted to validate kōrero using Western research methodologies. However, attempts often fell short and processual archaeologists of the mid-late-20th century considered oral tradition and archaeology as incapable of cross-validation. Parallel ethnological scholarship focused on the symbolism in oral histories as indicators of their function in contemporary society or as legitimate forms of recounting actual historical events after critical evaluation. More recent archaeologists use kōrero about the last few centuries like any other historical source. Māori scholars have taken inspiration from previous theoretical arcs to position kōrero in a postmodern space of relative truths or to critically analyse its historical and functional values. The review concludes with how the interface of oral history and archaeology might follow Kaupapa Māori research methodologies and current materialist critiques of dominant settlement pattern theory.

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Kia kōrerorero tonu ai:新西兰奥特亚罗瓦和大洋洲土著口述传统与考古学对话综述
本文探讨了大洋洲,特别是奥特亚罗亚(新西兰)土著口述传统与考古学之前的理论联系。19 世纪末 20 世纪初,业余历史学家和人种学家记录 kōrero 或口述历史的历史进程,最终形成了早期波利尼西亚社会的浪漫化传统,并影响了当代考古学术。面对批评,考古学家试图用西方的研究方法来验证 kōrero。然而,这些尝试常常失败,20 世纪中后期的过程考古学家认为口述传统和考古学无法相互验证。并行的民族学学术研究侧重于口述历史中的象征意义,将其作为当代社会功能的指标,或作为经过批判性评估后叙述实际历史事件的合法形式。最近的考古学家像使用其他历史资料一样,使用过去几个世纪的口述历史。毛利学者们从以往的理论弧线中汲取灵感,将毛利语置于相对真理的后现代空间中,或对其历史和功能价值进行批判性分析。综述的最后部分介绍了口述历史与考古学的结合如何遵循考帕帕毛利研究方法以及当前对主流聚落模式理论的唯物主义批判。
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期刊介绍: Archaeology in Oceania is published online and in print versions three times a year: April, July, October. It accepts articles and research reports in prehistoric and historical archaeology, modern material culture and human biology of ancient and modern human populations. Its primary geographic focus is Australia, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and lands of the western Pacific rim. All articles and research reports accepted as being within the remit of the journal and of appropriate standard will be reviewed by two scholars; authors will be informed of these comments though not necessarily of the reviewer’s names.
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