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The Archaeology of Ethnicity: Constructing Identities in the Past and Present
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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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TL;DR: This article reported strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and oxygen (δ18O) isotope data for tooth enamel sampled from a further 40 individuals from more recent excavations on the same site.
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TL;DR: The authors reconsiders how archaeologists find Indigenous people, particularly Native Americans, in past colonial communities, and finds that significant progress has been made in studying indigenous living are studied in the past.
Abstract: This article reconsiders how archaeologists find Indigenous people, particularly Native Americans, in past colonial communities. Significant progress has been made in studying indigenous living are...
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19 Aug 2013TL;DR: In this paper, a multilingualism and multiple identities in Southern Gaul has been investigated, including the influence of the Mediterranean koine and the loci of cultural change from the Augustan period.
Abstract: Part I. Multilingualism and Multiple Identities: Interdisciplinary Methodologies: 1. Multiple voices 2. Language contact and community dynamics 3. Bilingual texts and community dynamics 4. Scripts as indicators of contact 5. Names as indicators of contact Part II. Multilingualism and Multiple Identities in Southern Gaul: 6. Gallia in Graeciam translata? Investigating Gaulish-Greek linguistic contacts 7. 'La Celtique mediterraneenne'? Investigating the influence of the Mediterranean koine 8. 'D'ou rayonna en Occident la civilisation'? Investigating the loci of cultural change 9. Being Greek, becoming Roman, staying Celtic? Ethnolinguistic vitality from the Augustan period 10. Conclusions Appendices.
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15 Feb 2009
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a regional ceramic typology for the Iron Age (including the Persian period) and undertakes an analysis of the distribution patterns of this typology across the Northern Levant.
Abstract: This study aims to reconsider current reconstructions of the Iron Age Northern Levant and the role that ceramics studies have played in these interpretations. The author presents a regional ceramic typology for the Iron Age (including the Persian period) and undertakes an analysis of the distribution patterns of this typology across the Northern Levant. An alternative interpretation of the ceramic data is offered, before being compared with the conventional historical model. This alternative reconstruction focuses on theories of practice, and foodways, whilst appreciating the dynamic manner by which material culture is used to constantly negotiate and consolidate social structures.
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