@givenup @Humpleupagus WHAT I MEAN IS THAT HISTORICAL NARRATIVES FROM FAR ENOUGH BACK ARE BETTER PRESERVED IN TRADITION THAN IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

TO SUCH AN EXTREME THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RECONSTRUCT A NARRATIVE FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA POINTS, SO HISTORICAL RESEARCH SIMPLY PROPOSES NARRATIVES AS CREATIVE WRITING AND THEN SEES IF THE POINTS OF DATA CONFORM OR DISAGREE WITH IT AND ADJUST THAT AS IT GOES ALONG