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The Archaeology of Ethnicity: Constructing Identities in the Past and Present
01 Jan 1997-
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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01 Jan 2019
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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the results of a masonry analysis of the majority of Irish pre-Romanesque churches are presented, showing that these styles represent habitual variation and are therefore indicative of local groups of masons working over a relatively short period of time.
Abstract: The results of a masonry analysis of the majority of Irish pre-Romanesque churches are presented. A number of local styles are identified in high-density areas, mostly in the west of the country and it is shown that the differences between these styles were not determined by geology. It is argued that these styles represent habitual variation and are therefore indicative of local groups of masons working over a relatively short period of time. This assessment is supported by an analysis of stone supply that suggests that quarrying was organised in an ad hoc manner to supply local needs. These churches are normally placed within a broad timeframe spanning the tenth to early-twelfth centuries but a number of factors combine to suggest that the habitual styles are a relatively late development, perhaps mainly from the mid-eleventh century onwards. Some of the implications of this proposed refinement of the existing chronology are briefly discussed.
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TL;DR: This article investigated whether identity may be reflected within the eighteenth and nineteenth century domestic architecture of these Ottoman communities and found that architectural variations are regional rather than related to identity. But they did not consider the complexities behind perceptions of identities.
Abstract: The Ottoman Empire was home to many ethnic and religious groups and the Ottoman administrative system enforced the segregation of ethnic and religious communities. Current research investigates whether identity may be reflected within the eighteenth and nineteenth century domestic architecture of these Ottoman communities. Ethnic and cultural identity is currently much debated and this paper investigates the difficulties with related terminology and theories, and the complexities behind perceptions of identities. Case studies from Cyprus, supported by a consideration of some Jordanian and Lebanese examples, are assessed. The evidence examined suggests that architectural variations are regional rather than related to identity.
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01 Jan 2013
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TL;DR: The authors examined the relationship between Cahokia and the Angel polity on the northeastern Mississippian frontier and found that the Angel Ramey exhibits local paste signatures in what are otherwise primarily Cahokian-style pots.
Abstract: The rise of Cahokia, the largest precontact Native American city north of Mexico, was precipitated by centripetal and centrifugal mobilizations of peoples, ideas, objects, and practices. To interrogate outward Cahokian movements as diasporic, I reassess relationships between Cahokia and the Angel polity on the northeastern Mississippian frontier. I approach Mississippian communities through a relational framework as ever-emerging assemblages constituted by both human and non-human actors. This framework emphasizes ethnogenesis as a process of diaspora whereby dispersed groups are in a perpetual state of community-making outside of, but in reference to, a homeland. I focus on an analysis of the Angel assemblage of Ramey Incised pottery, a power-laden Cahokian object, and determine that Angel Ramey exhibits local paste signatures in what are otherwise primarily Cahokian-style pots. Further, I contextualize artifactual connections with socio-spatial practices of Angel communities and demonstrate that aligning residential structures and communal features to a Cahokian cosmography was a principal part of community-identity-making throughout the Angel polity. Ultimately, I argue that relationships with Cahokia motivated ethnogenesis in Angel communities.
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