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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, S. (Siân), 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnoarchaeology.

Ethnicity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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

ISBN:

1-134-76793-5

0-203-43873-6

1-134-76794-3

1-280-31972-0

0-203-28292-2

9780203438732

OCLC:

52232879