1. of or relating to the study of the history and culture of ethnic groups, especially indigenous peoples, using both historical documents and ethnographic methods
Usage: academic; scholarly

Examples

• The ethnohistoric research examined how European contact transformed Native American societies.
• Scholars used ethnohistoric methods to reconstruct the daily life of pre-Columbian civilizations.
• The museum's ethnohistoric collection includes oral histories and artifacts from local tribes.
• Her ethnohistoric study combined archival records with interviews from community elders.
• Ethnohistoric analysis reveals the complex trade networks that existed before colonization.