ABSTRACT
Looked at from the perspective of anthropology, the striking feature of folklore is the distinctive way in which it represents space and time, and the way in which it portrays being in the world. Rather than treat these aspects in isolation, it seems preferable to look for consistencies. Folklore can then be seen not as a disorganised collection of fragments, but as the expressions of a world view characterised by a different interpretative orientation to archaeology. Oral traditions are constructed according to definite styles and rely upon complex techniques (Finnegan 1973: 127). As Amy Gazin-Schwartz and Cornelius Holtorf remark in their introduction, a dialogue between archaeology and folklore must be a dialogue between different systems of meaning.
