Community identity and archaeology : dynamic communities at Aphrodisias and Beycesultan

Community identity and archaeology : dynamic communities at Aphrodisias and Beycesultan / Naoíse Mac Sweeney.

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...

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Main Author: Mac Sweeney, Naoíse, 1982- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2011]
Subjects:
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
Aphrodisias (Extinct city)
Beycesultan Site (Turkey)
Turkey > Aphrodisias (Extinct city)
Turkey
Turkey > Beycesultan Site
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Table of 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

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