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Introduction: Archaeological approaches to cultural identity

Stephen Shennan
- pp 29-60
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In this article, the authors argue that the phenomenon of cultural difference raises profound problems for archaeology at all levels of both theory and practice, and outline some of these problem areas, and the individual chapters examine various aspects of them from a variety of different viewpoints.
Abstract
The essence of the argument in this book is that the phenomenon of cultural difference raises profound problems for archaeology at all levels of both theory and practice. This introduction outlines some of these problem areas, and the individual chapters examine various aspects of them from a variety of different viewpoints.

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La contribution d'une approche postprocessual pour la compréhension de la consommation d'huile d'olive en Bretagne Romaine

TL;DR: In this paper, the consumption of olive oil in Roman Britain, considering the Imperial military policies, is studied through the analysis of archaeological evidence from the United Kingdom. But the authors focus on the modern uses of the past and do not address the role historical archaeology can play in studying the subject.
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Archaeology and the Construction of Identities in Medieval North India

TL;DR: In the early medieval to medieval period, a break occurred at the end of the twelfth century, thus separating the period 700-1200 CE from the period 1200-1500 CE, referred to as the 'Sultanate' period as discussed by the authors.
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Dalla scomparsa ceramica romana alle identità frammentarie dei tempi postmoderni: sull’uso del concetto di identità nell’archeologia romana

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a study of the concetto di romanizzazione in the context of the parola identita in the archeologia romana, in which le persone classifica se stesse in epoca romana.