Community Identity and Archaeology

by MAC Sweeney, Naoise

• ISBN13: 9780472117864
• ISBN10: 0472117866
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-25
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Summary

Community Identity and Archaeologyexplores the concept of community identity and its application in archaeology, using the modern Turkish sites of Aphrodisias and Beycesultan as case studies to illustrate the formation and dissolution of communities over time.The concept of the community is vital to the way we understand human societies both past and present, and the last decade has seen widespread interest in communities from both the popular and academic spheres. The concept is also central to archaeology, where the relationship between sites and communities remains controversial. Naoise Mac Sweeney aims to take the debate one step further, setting out a comprehensive framework for the archaeological investigation of community identity, encompassing theoretical approaches for its conceptualization, practical methodologies for its investigation, and detailed case studies in Anatolia to test and illustrate its arguments.This book contributes to discussions in archaeological theory and material culture studies and is particularly relevant to archaeologists working on different types of cultural identity. Community Identity and Archaeology's readership will include undergraduate and graduate students as well as academic specialists. In addition, the book contains material of direct historical interest for Classics and Near Eastern departments. It includes valuable new research relevant for those working on Aegean, Mycenaean, or Early Greek antiquity, as well as specialists in Anatolia including scholars working on the Hittite, Phrygian, and Lydian empires.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Theorizing the Community	p. 9
Communities in Archaeology	p. 22
From Community to Community Identity	p. 35
Community Identity and Material Culture	p. 42
Overlooked Communities: Late Bronze Age and Iron Age Western Anatolia	p. 59
Communities under Pressure at Beycesultan	p. 94
Hierarchy and Community at Aphrodisias	p. 140
Conclusions	p. 183
Tables	p. 195
Appendixes	p. 201
Small Finds from Beycesultan	p. 203
Ceramics from Beycesultan	p. 209
Small Finds from Aphrodisias	p. 222
Ceramics from Aphrodisias	p. 231
Notes	p. 241
Bibliography	p. 243
Index	p. 265
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