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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.read more
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Bioarchaeology and Identity in the Americas
TL;DR: In this article, a broad range of factors that make up identity, including ethnicity, age, gender, and social, political, and religious constructions, are examined in North, Central, and South American mortuary remains from AD 500 to the Colonial period.
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Poenus plane est - but who were the "Punickes"?
TL;DR: The use of the termine "Poenus" in the context of identità autoattribuita is discussed in this paper, where it is shown that it is problematic to use it in the sense that it can be seen as associating a termine with a large number of stereotipi.
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The constitution of philistine identity: ethnic dynamics in twelfth to tenth century philistia
Avraham Faust,Justin Lev-Tov +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a close examination of the detailed faunal and ceramic evidence suggests that due to various processes of boundary maintenance, the Philistines maintained high ethnic boundaries with their neighbours for at least 150-200 years, before losing most of their unique traits in the tenth century BC.
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Egyptian Cultural Identity in the Architecture of Roman Egypt (30 BC-AD 325)
TL;DR: This article explored the complexity and fluidity of Egyptian cultural identity in architectural form in Roman Egypt, with special focus on the use of temples as centres of local identity, and the relationship between architectural form and layers of identity assertion.