Ethnic Identity and the Archaeology of the aduentus Saxonum : A Modern Framework and its Problems /
Harland, James M.
Ethnic Identity and the Archaeology of the aduentus Saxonum : A Modern Framework and its Problems / James M. Harland. - 1 online resource (314 p.) - The Early Medieval North Atlantic ; 14 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ethnicity and Archaeology -- 3 Empiricism and Metaphysics -- 4 Deconstructing Anglo-Saxon Archaeology -- 5 The Material Evidence Reconsidered -- 6 Building an Alternative -- 7 New Approaches and Final Reflections -- Appendix: Spong Hill Data -- Bibliography -- Index
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For centuries, archaeologists have excavated the soils of Britain to uncover finds from the early medieval past. These finds have been used to reconstruct the alleged communities, migration patterns, and expressions of identity of coherent groups who can be regarded as ethnic ‘Anglo-Saxons’. Even in the modern day, when social constructionism has been largely accepted by scholars, this paradigm still persists. This book challenges the ethnic paradigm. As the first historiographical study of approaches to ethnic identity in modern ‘Anglo-Saxon’ archaeology, it reveals these approaches to be incompatible with current scholarly understandings of ethnicity. Drawing upon post-structuralist approaches to self and community, it highlights the empirical difficulties the archaeology of ethnicity in early medieval Britain faces, and proposes steps toward an alternative understanding of the role played by the communities of lowland Britain – both migrants from across the North Sea and those already present – in transforming the Roman world.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048544967
10.1515/9789048544967 doi
Anglo-Saxons--Great Britain.
Ethnicity--History--Great Britain.--To 1500
Archaeology.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
History.
Medieval Studies.
Migration and Mobility Studies.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Historiography, Archaeological Theory, Poststructuralism.
942.01
Ethnic Identity and the Archaeology of the aduentus Saxonum : A Modern Framework and its Problems / James M. Harland. - 1 online resource (314 p.) - The Early Medieval North Atlantic ; 14 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ethnicity and Archaeology -- 3 Empiricism and Metaphysics -- 4 Deconstructing Anglo-Saxon Archaeology -- 5 The Material Evidence Reconsidered -- 6 Building an Alternative -- 7 New Approaches and Final Reflections -- Appendix: Spong Hill Data -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
For centuries, archaeologists have excavated the soils of Britain to uncover finds from the early medieval past. These finds have been used to reconstruct the alleged communities, migration patterns, and expressions of identity of coherent groups who can be regarded as ethnic ‘Anglo-Saxons’. Even in the modern day, when social constructionism has been largely accepted by scholars, this paradigm still persists. This book challenges the ethnic paradigm. As the first historiographical study of approaches to ethnic identity in modern ‘Anglo-Saxon’ archaeology, it reveals these approaches to be incompatible with current scholarly understandings of ethnicity. Drawing upon post-structuralist approaches to self and community, it highlights the empirical difficulties the archaeology of ethnicity in early medieval Britain faces, and proposes steps toward an alternative understanding of the role played by the communities of lowland Britain – both migrants from across the North Sea and those already present – in transforming the Roman world.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048544967
10.1515/9789048544967 doi
Anglo-Saxons--Great Britain.
Ethnicity--History--Great Britain.--To 1500
Archaeology.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
History.
Medieval Studies.
Migration and Mobility Studies.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.
Anglo-Saxon, Archaeology, Historiography, Archaeological Theory, Poststructuralism.
942.01