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单词 ethnohistory
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Definition of ethnohistory in English:

ethnohistory

noun ˌɛθnəʊˈhɪst(ə)riˌeTHnōˈhist(ə)rē
mass noun
  • The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.

    experts on Minoan ethnohistory
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My MA was in the same kind of anthropology, although my thesis focussed on Andean archaeology and ethnohistory.
    • For example, he recounts his own scholarship in ethnohistory - the marriage of anthropology and history - as a way of showing how a number of scholars have crossed disciplinary boundaries to study interesting questions.
    • As a result, it represents a major contribution to the historiography of revolutionary state formation and ethnohistory in Mexico.
    • He is an Andean scholar whose studies meld ethnography, ethnohistory and ethnoscience.
    • My specialisation was Andean archaeology and ethnohistory - a field very strongly influenced by processual, or empirical and positivist methods and theories.
    • What my arguments are intended to suggest is that ethnohistory, of the rich sort embraced by O'Brien, is an iterative process enriched by many voices and perspectives.
    • Historians certainly recognized a good thing when they saw it, borrowing both the expression ‘historical anthropology’ and the approach from anthropologists, for many of whom it was synonymous with ethnohistory.
    • Over 100 publications describe the ethnohistory, migration patterns, genealogical reconstruction, biological trait measurements, disease prevalence, and environmental and sociocultural characteristics of this population.
    • To appreciate the subtleties of these exchanges the historian needs patience, an open mind and a mastery of disciplines that range from traditional philology to cutting-edge ethnohistory.
    • It is an ethnographic study of a specific regional, supra-ethnic and transcultural phenomenon of the Guyana Highlands, situated in the context of ethnohistory and modernisation.
    • Claudio Saunt has written a thought-provoking ethnohistory of the Creek Indians focusing on the three decades following the American Revolution.
    • All and all, this book both contributes to the ethnohistory of a critical period for Inuit and contains material critical to the understanding of contemporary Nunavut.
    • Any detailed knowledge we have about which sex did what comes from ethnohistory and ethnography, not from archaeology.
    • From an academic standpoint, his work marks a turning point in Monacan archaeology and the overall understanding of Monacan ethnohistory.
    • Our results constructed a good story about the unique ethnohistory of the Hui.
    • As might be expected from one of the doyens of ethnohistory, his notes embrace anthropological, bioarchaeological, and cultural references, as well as references to conventional history sources.
    • This book is a substantial contribution to the ethnohistory of the Brazilian Indians as well as to the ongoing debate in Brazil about the social policy on Indians.

Derivatives

  • ethnohistorian

  • noun
    • For years, ethnohistorians have insisted that American history cannot be understood thoroughly without including Indian people as legitimate historical actors.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Historians and ethnohistorians generally place sporadic European contacts alongside internal factors as critical in the consolidation of political authority and the emergence of political hierarchies in Virginia.
      • Over the last several decades archaeologists have identified many missions sites, and ethnohistorians have reconstructed many facets of the Spanish-Indian encounter.
  • ethnohistoric

  • adjective
    • It is of particular interest that there is no known ethnographic or ethnohistoric account of such ceramic items among the current residents of the region, the Odawa.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is argued, based on archaeological and ethnohistoric data, that the layout of the mound, burials, and charnel features is patterned after Native American notions of the cosmos.
      • The northern and central part of the South American continent was described as such in all the early chronicles and ethnohistoric accounts.
      • The presence of cedar wood and snake remains in association with the pits again points to a ritual use, since both have clear archaeological and ethnohistoric ritualistic associations.
      • In addition, numerous Eastern North American ethnohistoric sources indicate widespread intentional burning for the purposes of land management.
  • ethnohistorical

  • adjective
    • By 1999, all six indigenous territories in Bosawas were mapped and zoned, and there were ethnohistorical and socioeconomic studies for each territory conducted by the people themselves.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She skillfully uses ethnohistorical methods to demonstrate that although changes occurred, essential values persisted.
      • For over forty years Swanton worked for the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology gathering ethnohistorical information about southeastern Indians.
      • The implications of this essay, when read in conjunction with the earlier historic and ethnographic chapters, are manifold, and indicate fertile ground for further ethnohistorical investigation.
      • Although the editors examine the language of these treaties, they do little to analyze their acceptance or significance from an ethnohistorical perspective.
      • Milanich skillfully blends the archaeological, ethnohistorical, and historical literature to provide the reader with a clear understanding of Spanish Florida.
  • ethnohistorically

  • adverb
    • One of the most common sins that archaeologists have committed, in my opinion, is to insist that the varied cultural achievements of prehispanic Andean peoples culminated in the ethnohistorically known Inca Empire and therefore that one can retrodict from circa c.e. 1500 into the dark reaches of prehistory.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ethnohistorically speaking, this is correct, as Buddhism is an outgrowth of an originally Aryan faith.
      • In particular, he compares his ethnohistorically derived data with prior descriptions of these peoples.
 
 

Definition of ethnohistory in US English:

ethnohistory

nounˌeTHnōˈhist(ə)rē
  • The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.

    experts on Minoan ethnohistory
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a result, it represents a major contribution to the historiography of revolutionary state formation and ethnohistory in Mexico.
    • My MA was in the same kind of anthropology, although my thesis focussed on Andean archaeology and ethnohistory.
    • Any detailed knowledge we have about which sex did what comes from ethnohistory and ethnography, not from archaeology.
    • All and all, this book both contributes to the ethnohistory of a critical period for Inuit and contains material critical to the understanding of contemporary Nunavut.
    • From an academic standpoint, his work marks a turning point in Monacan archaeology and the overall understanding of Monacan ethnohistory.
    • As might be expected from one of the doyens of ethnohistory, his notes embrace anthropological, bioarchaeological, and cultural references, as well as references to conventional history sources.
    • What my arguments are intended to suggest is that ethnohistory, of the rich sort embraced by O'Brien, is an iterative process enriched by many voices and perspectives.
    • Our results constructed a good story about the unique ethnohistory of the Hui.
    • Over 100 publications describe the ethnohistory, migration patterns, genealogical reconstruction, biological trait measurements, disease prevalence, and environmental and sociocultural characteristics of this population.
    • Claudio Saunt has written a thought-provoking ethnohistory of the Creek Indians focusing on the three decades following the American Revolution.
    • Historians certainly recognized a good thing when they saw it, borrowing both the expression ‘historical anthropology’ and the approach from anthropologists, for many of whom it was synonymous with ethnohistory.
    • He is an Andean scholar whose studies meld ethnography, ethnohistory and ethnoscience.
    • For example, he recounts his own scholarship in ethnohistory - the marriage of anthropology and history - as a way of showing how a number of scholars have crossed disciplinary boundaries to study interesting questions.
    • It is an ethnographic study of a specific regional, supra-ethnic and transcultural phenomenon of the Guyana Highlands, situated in the context of ethnohistory and modernisation.
    • This book is a substantial contribution to the ethnohistory of the Brazilian Indians as well as to the ongoing debate in Brazil about the social policy on Indians.
    • To appreciate the subtleties of these exchanges the historian needs patience, an open mind and a mastery of disciplines that range from traditional philology to cutting-edge ethnohistory.
    • My specialisation was Andean archaeology and ethnohistory - a field very strongly influenced by processual, or empirical and positivist methods and theories.
 
 
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