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Author Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, 1982- author.

Title Community identity and archaeology : dynamic communities at Aphrodisias and Beycesultan / Naoíse Mac Sweeney
Published Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]

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Contents Introduction -- Theorizing the community -- Communities in archaeology -- From community to community identity -- Community identity and material culture -- Overlooked communities : late Bronze Age and Iron Age Western Anatolia -- Communities under pressure at Beycesultan -- Hierarchy and community at Aphrodisias -- Conclusions -- Tables -- Appendix A. Small finds from Beycesultan -- Appendix B. Ceramics from Beycesultan -- Appendix C. Small finds from Aphrodisias -- Appendix D. Ceramics from Aphrodisias
Summary Community Identity and Archaeology explores 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. Naoíse 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
Subject Social archaeology -- Turkey -- Aphrodisias (Extinct city)
Social archaeology -- Turkey -- Beycesultan Site
Antiquities, Prehistoric -- Turkey
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Turkey.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
HISTORY -- General.
Antiquities, Prehistoric
Excavations (Archaeology)
Social archaeology
SUBJECT Aphrodisias (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86002372
Beycesultan Site (Turkey) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011002756
Subject Turkey -- Aphrodisias (Extinct city)
Turkey
Turkey -- Beycesultan Site
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020707222
ISBN 9780472027651
0472027654
9786613334336
6613334332