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Archaeology Of Ethnicity: Constructing Identities In The Past And Present
Author: Jones, Sian; Author: Jones, S.
Paperback; Large size
200 pages
Published: April 1997
Taylor & Francis Books Ltd
ISBN: 0415141583

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 identification of cultures from archaeological remains, in spite of the fact that many consider the association of remains with past ethnic groups to be hopelessly inadequate.Sian Jones examines historicalmisuses of this type and argues that the archaeology of ethnicity has never really been subjected to any serious theoretical analysis. She responds to the need for a reassessment of the ways in whichsocial groups are identified in the archaeological record with a comprehensive and critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity. In so doing, she argues for a fundamentally different view of ethThis text argues for a reassessment of the ways in which social groups are identified in the archaeological record, with a critical synthesis of recent theories of ethnicity in the human sciences. In doing so, it argues for a different view of ethnicity, requiring radical changes in archaeology.


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