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1 online resource (x, 358 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Introduction : Contextualizing ethnicity / Simon Stoddart and Gabriele Cifani -- Urban landscapes and ethnic identity of early Rome / Andrea Carandini ; comments, A. Snodgrass, R. Osborne, T. Cornell and C. Smith -- Landscape, ethnicity, and the polis / Robin Osborne -- Ionians and Carians in the Mycale : the discovery of Carian Melia and the Archaic Panionion / Hans Lohmann -- Are there alternatives to 'red-figure vase people'? : identity, multi-ethnicity and migration in ancient Greece / John Bintliff -- Landscape and identity of Greek colonists and indigenous communities in southeast Italy / Gert-Jan Burgers -- Before the Samnites : Molise in the eighth and sixth century BC / Alessandro Naso -- Ethnicity, identity and state formation in the Latin landscape : problems and approaches / Francesca Fulminante -- Ethnicity and the identity of the Latins : the evidence from sanctuaries between the sixth and the fourth centuries BC / Letizia Ceccarelli -- Political landscapes and local identities in Archaic central Italy : interpreting the material from Nepi (VT, Lazio) and Cisterna Grande (Crustumerium, RM, Lazio) / Ulla Rajala -- Approaching ethnicity and landscapes in pre-Roman Italy : the middle Tiber Valley / Gabriele Cifani -- Exploring a frontier area in Etruria : the Civita di Grotte di Castro survey / Gabriele Cifani, Letizia Ceccarelli and Simon Stoddart -- Between text, body, and context : expressing 'Umbrian' identity in the landscape / Simon Stoddart -- Space, boundaries and the representation of identity in the ancient Veneto c. 600-400 BC / Kathryn Lomas -- Limits, frontiers and boundaries among the Iberians of the Guadalquivir Valley (eighth century BC - fourth century BC) / Arturo Ruiz and Manuel Molinos -- Landscape and ethnic identities in the early states of eastern Iberia / Ignacio Grau Mira -- The politics of identity : ethnicity and the economy of power in Iron Age north-west Iberia / Alfredo González-Ruibal -- Changing identities in a changing landscape : social dynamics of a colonial situation in early Iron Age south-east Iberia / Jaime Vives-Ferrándiz -- Endnote : Situating ethnicity / Simon Stoddart and Skylar Neil |
| Summary |
"The main concern of this volume is the multi-layered concept of ethnicity. Contributors examine and contextualise contrasting definitions of ethnicity and identity as implicit in two perspectives, one from the classical tradition and another from the prehistoric and anthropological tradition. They look at the role of textual sources in reconstructing ethnicity and introduce fresh and innovative archaeological data in reconstructing ethnicity, either from fieldwork or from new combinations of old data. Finally, in contrast to many traditional approaches to ethnicity, they examine the relative and interacting role of natural and cultural features in the landscape in the construction of ethnicity. The volume is headed by the contribution of Andrea Carandini whose work challenges the conceptions of many in the combination of text and archaeology. He begins by examining the mythology surrounding the founding of Rome, taking into consideration the recent archaeological evidence from the Palatine and the Forum. Here primacy is given to construction of place and mythological descent. Anthony Snodgrass, Robin Osborne, Tim Cornell and Christopher Smith offer replies to his arguments. Overall, the nineteen papers presented here show that a modern interdisciplinary and international archaeology that combines material data and textual evidence - critically - can provide a powerful lesson for the full understanding of the ideologies of ancient and modern societies."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (JSTOR, viewed December 4, 2023) |
| Subject |
Ethnic groups -- Mediterranean Region
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Ethnicity -- Mediterranean Region
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Group identity -- Mediterranean Region
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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HISTORY / Ancient / General
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Civilization
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Ethnic groups
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Ethnicity
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Group identity
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| SUBJECT |
Mediterranean Region -- Civilization.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083231
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| Subject |
Mediterranean Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cifani, Gabriele, editor.
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Stoddart, Simon, editor.
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Neil, Skylar, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781842177280 |
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1842177281 |
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