The Archaeology of Colonialism (Issues and Debates Series)
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Book Description
The Archaeology of Colonialism demonstrates how artifacts are not only the residue of social interaction but also instrumental in shaping identities and communities. Claire Lyons and John Papadopoulos summarize the complex issues addressed by this collection of essays. Four case studies
illustrate the use of archaeological artifacts to reconstruct social structures. They include ceramic objects from Mesopotamian colonists in fourth-millennium Anatolia; the Greek influence on early Iberian sculpture and language; the influence of architecture on the West African coast; and
settlements across Punic Sardinia that indicate the blending of cultures.
The remaining essays look at the roles myth, ritual, and religion played in forming colonial identities. In particular, they discuss the cultural middle ground established among Greeks and Etruscans; clothing as an instrument of European colonialism in nineteenth-century Oceania; sixteenth-century
Andean urban planning and kinship relations; and the Dutch East India Company settlement at the Cape of Good Hope.
About the Author
Claire Lyons is collections curator at the Getty Research Institute. John Papadapoulos is associate curator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
The Archaeology of Colonialism (Issues and Debates Series),Claire L. Lyons,John K. Papadopoulos,Getty Trust Publications: Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities,0892366354,Antiquities & Archaeology,Archaeology,Archaeology and history,Architecture,Colonies,Economic And Social Archaeology,Ethnoarchaeology,General,History,Social Science,Social archaeology,Sociology,Archaeology | Ancient,Social Science / Archaeology
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