Through the Palace Gates, Chiefs and Chronology: Developing Reliable Dating Structures
Through the Palace Gates, Chiefs and Chronology: Developing Reliable Dating Structures
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穿过宫殿大门、酋长和年表：开发可靠的约会结构
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10.2307/3171640
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发表时间：
1984
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J. B. Webster
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作者：
J. B. Webster
本文阐述了所采用的方法，建立和完善一个测年系统的基础上，在非洲的两个地区，东部阿乔利的阿加戈县和阿韦区贝努埃山谷实地研究期间收集的家谱。与长者会面的时间通常为两至四小时，而在一次会面中，很多议题可能会被讨论，而且通常都会被讨论。要展示与多个主题相关的提问的进展，将超出可用的空间或读者的耐力。它建议，而隔离的问题，年表和显示如何，在整个实地考察期间，实现准确性应是一个主要的当务之急，或多或少的关注，在每一个采访。国王的名单不是一次两次或三次收集的。这是一个在访谈中不断突出的问题，在实地调查的早期阶段更突出，在后期则不那么突出，但很少被完全忽视。当历史研究集中在像本约罗或奥约这样的大王国时，一个模糊的、极其相对的年表就足以满足许多研究目标。这类研究的一个结果是，现代非洲国家的前殖民历史由一系列章节组成，每一章都集中在部落传统上。给人的印象是孤立的群体，除了一些悬而未决的军事冲突外，他们的互动都在等待阿拉伯人和欧洲人的到来。由于这些外星人带来了日期，整合的区域历史被迫等待他们的到来。
This paper sets forth the methodology employed to establish and refine a dating system based on genealogies collected during field research in two areas of Africa, Agago county in Eastern Acholi and Awe district in the Benue Valley. Interview sessions with the elders normally lasted from two to four hours and many topics might be, and usually were, discussed in the course of a single interview. To demonstrate the progression of questioning relative to multiple themes would be beyond the space available or the stamina of readers. It is proposed rather to isolate the problem of chronology and show how, throughout the fieldwork period, achieving accuracy should be a major preoccupation and of greater or lesser concern in every interview. The regnal list is not collected once or twice or thrice. It forms a problem which continuously protrudes into the interviews, more so in the early stages of fieldwork, less so in the later, but seldom totally ignored. When historical research focused on large kingdoms such as Bunyoro or Oyo, a vague and extremely relative chronology was adequate for many research objectives. One consequence of this type of research was a precolonial history of modern African states fashioned from a series of chapters, each one concentrating on spearate tribal traditions. The impression created was of isolated groups whose interaction, except for some outstanding military conflicts, awaited the coming of Arabs and Europeans. Since these aliens brought dates, integrated regional histories were forced to await their coming.