1. Phrasing the problem. -- Introduction. -- The Dorians in a 'sociology of knowledge' -- 2. The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view. -- The rise and fall of instrumentalism. -- Defining the ethnic group. -- The genesis and maintenance of ethnic groups. -- Summary -- 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity. -- Ethnic groups in ancient Greece. -- Myths of ethnic origins. -- The Athenians: Ionians or autochthons? -- Dorians and Herakleidai -- 4. Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study. -- The ethnic populations of the Argolid. -- The genealogies of the Argolid. -- Decoding the genealogical grammar. -- Staking the Heraklid claim. -- Ethnicity and cult: Hera, Herakles and the Herakleidai -- 5. Ethnicity and archaeology. -- Excavating the ethnic group
