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Exploring Prehistoric Identity in North-West Europe
Victoria Ginn
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Identity is relational and a construct, and is expressed in a myriad of ways. For example, material culture and its pluralist meanings have been readily manipulated by humans in a prehistoric context in order to construct personal and group identities. Artefacts were often from or reminiscent of far-flung places and were used to demonstrate membership of an (imagined) regional, or European community. Earthworks frequently archive maximum visual impact through elaborate ramparts and entrances with the minimum amount of effort, indicating that the construction of identities were as much in the eye of the perceivor, as of the perceived. Variations in ... Read more
Identity is relational and a construct, and is expressed in a myriad of ways. For example, material culture and its pluralist meanings have been readily manipulated by humans in a prehistoric context in order to construct personal and group identities. Artefacts were often from or reminiscent of far-flung places and were used to demonstrate membership of an (imagined) regional, or European community. Earthworks frequently archive maximum visual impact through elaborate ramparts and entrances with the minimum amount of effort, indicating that the construction of identities were as much in the eye of the perceivor, as of the perceived. Variations in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781842178133
SKU
V9781842178133
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Reviews for Exploring Prehistoric Identity in North-West Europe
The 'identity quest' is a stimulating and wide-ranging aspect of archaeological research, and the range and depth of the many thought-provoking essays in this volume are testimony to this. In great part, this is a collection of well-written, reflective and innovative case studies.
John Waddell European Journal of Archaeology the volume offers a number of stimulating and provocative articles. ... Read more
John Waddell European Journal of Archaeology the volume offers a number of stimulating and provocative articles. ... Read more