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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172242403321

Autore

Jones S (Sian), <1968->

Titolo

The archaeology of ethnicity : constructing identities in the past and present / / Sian Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997

ISBN

1-134-76793-5

0-203-43873-6

1-134-76794-3

1-280-31972-0

0-203-28292-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (195 pages)

Disciplina

930.1/089

Soggetti

Ethnoarchaeology

Ethnicity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Definitions; Introduction; The archaeological identification of peoples and cultures; Taxonomies of difference: the classification of peoples in the human sciences; Ethnicity: the conceptual and theoretical terrain; Multidimensional ethnicity: towards a contextual analytical framework; Ethnicity and material culture: towards a theoretical basis for the interpretation of ethnicity in archaeology; Conclusions: constructing identities in the past and the present; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The question of ethnicity is highly controversial in contemporary archaeology. The author responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archeological record.