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Ethnic Identity in Greek Antiquity
01 Jan 1997-
TL;DR: The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnicity and genealogy: an Argolic case-study as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: 1. Phrasing the problem 2. The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity 4. Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study 5. Ethnicity and archaeology 6. Ethnicity and linguistics 7. Conclusion.
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TL;DR: In this article, the first step was to determine whether ancient DNA has survived, as proved to be the case; the next was to use this information to sex the individual by polymerase chain reactions (PCRs), and the overall results suggest that these methods have considerable potential for kinship studies in Aegean Bronze Age populations.
Abstract: Following the successful identification of at least two different family groups in Grave Circle B using facial reconstruction (BSA 90 [1995], 107–36), a pilot project was carried out at Manchester to identify, analyse and match 22 DNA samples from burials in the Grave Circle. The first step was to determine whether ancient DNA has survived, as proved to be the case; the next was to use this information to sex the individual by polymerase chain reactions (PCRs). In some cases the results provided information which the excavators had not been able to achieve because of the poor state of the skeletal remains; in one there was an apparent disagreement between the DNA result and the conclusion reached on archaeological and anatomical grounds. The overall results suggest that these methods have considerable potential for kinship studies in Aegean Bronze Age populations.
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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Alwine as discussed by the authors argued that Sicilian Greeks of the fifth and fourth centuries, because of a long history of intermarriage, multiculturalism, and cosmopolitanism, lacked a strong sense of Hellenic identity.
Abstract: of Thesis Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts GREEKS AND BARBARIANS IN FIFTH AND FOURTH CENTURY SICILY By Andrew T. Alwine May 2006 Chair: Konstantinos Kapparis Major Department: Classics Ethnic interaction in Sicily has a long and rich history. Indigenous peoples saw the arrival of immigrants from southern Italy, supposed refugees from Troy, Phoenician settlers, and Greek colonists. By the fifth century mercenaries from Campagnia, Iberia, Sardinia, and Libya had also settled on the island, contributing to the great blend of ethnic and cultural groups which is certainly a hallmark of the Sicilian experience. This thesis argues that Sicilian Greeks of the fifth and fourth centuries, because of a long history of intermarriage, multiculturalism, and cosmopolitanism, lacked a strong sense of Hellenic identity. Dionysius I was the first to attempt a unification of Greek Sicily behind an anti-barbarian ideology, though only halfheartedly. Mainland writers and historians, who were influenced by Panhellenic doctrine, viewed Sicilian affairs in terms of the “Greek vs. barbarian” motif and evaluated Dionysius I on that basis. This contributed substantially to the hostile historiographical and anecdotal tradition against
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TL;DR: In this paper, historical criticism, rhetorical criticism and ethnicity theory are combined to interpret Paul's boasting about his ethnicity in 2 Corinthians 11:22, which is full of irony: his ethnic heritage was part of his argument that he was equal to that of his opponents, but his ethnicity “in the flesh” ultimately meant nothing to him.
Abstract: In this article historical criticism, rhetorical criticism and ethnicity theory are combined to interpret Paul’s boasting about his ethnicity in 2 Corinthians 11:22. Partition theory helps to establish the historical/social context that 2 Corinthians 10-13 is a fragment of the “tearful letter,” which represented the low point (high conflict) of Paul’s relations with the Corinthians. Rhetoric ‐ the theatrical “Fool’s Speech,” which contains irony, self-praise, and comparison ‐ helps to understand Paul’s boastful argumentation in his selfdefence; and ethnicity theory helps to interpret Paul’s construction of his ethnic identity. Paul boasted of his ethnicity by taking up rhetorical comparison and self-praise. But he did so in the so-called “Fool’s Speech”, which is full of irony: his ethnic heritage was part of his argument that he was equal to that of his opponents, but ‐ here is the chief irony ‐ his ethnicity “in the flesh” ultimately meant nothing to him.
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01 Jan 2010
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TL;DR: The authors found that homogeneity of consumer goods from African American and European American households in this community may have reflected a shared group consciousness within a local social network that existed in a region shaped by racial hostilities and strife.
Abstract: Social identities are often fluid, dynamic, and impacted by issues related to race, class, gender, and ethnicity. The research project at New Philadelphia, Illinois has uncovered archaeological assemblages related to households classified by census takers as black, mulatto, and white, which included different genders and age groups, and residents who came from different regions in the United States, or from overseas. An examination of the material culture from a sample of households in this demographically integrated community indicates that they had ready access to a broad diversity of American-made and imported household goods. Little variation existed among households when comparing these consumer goods. The homogeneity of consumer goods from African American and European American households in this community may have reflected a shared group consciousness within a local social network that existed in a region shaped by racial hostilities and strife.
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...…identities which compose the category ‘black’; that is, the recognition that ‘black’ is essentially a politically and culturally constructed category, which cannot be grounded in a set of fixed trans-cultural or transcendental racial categories and which has no guarantees in nature (Hall 1997:443)....
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TL;DR: Sian Jones as mentioned in this paper argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation, and presents a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences.
Abstract: The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. Indigenous and nationalist claims to territory, often rely on reconstructions of the past based on the traditional identification of 'cultures' from archaeological remains. Sian Jones responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archaeological record, with a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences. In doing so, she argues for a fundamentally different view of ethnicity, as a complex dynamic form of identification, requiring radical changes in archaeological analysis and interpretation.
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